Re: [Swprograms] Cuts at the CBC

[Daniel Say <say@xxxxxx>]

> Well, at least they won't be missing much when the American (commercial) stations are dropped...  I know Canadians like NPR, though.... I think NPR streams are available via Sirius/XM.
> 
	The current List for the Vancouver/Victoria area

        http://www.shaw.ca/uploadedFiles/Customer_Bulletins/Vancouver_FMChannelLineup.pdf

         Loss of CBC English and French, and Vancouver popular stations  in remoter regions of B.C. ( 400 km or more from Vancouver beyond 2 ranges of mountains ) and also Northern Ontario
        http://www.shaw.ca/uploadedFiles/Customer_Bulletins/FMStations_Summary.pdf

	Since the reformatting of Radio 2, the jazz, semi-classical
        all music station on FM in about 6 cities only, many people
        in the Vancouver area have tried King FM

The US stations currently are:
92.1 KUBE Seattle's #1 Hit Music
93.1 KPLU KPLU 88.5 - Tacoma - Jazz/News
95.9 KISW KISW Rock
97.9 KJR KJR 950 AM Sports Radio
98.1 KING KING FM - Seattle - Classical
98.9 KWJZ Click 99.9 - Seattle - Modern Music
101.3 KLSY Mix 92.5 - Seattle's Best Mix
101.5 KPLZ Star 101.5 FM - The Best Mix of Everything

Below a rather out of date list

"You can receive the following stations when your stereo FM radio receiver is connected to Shaw Cable:"
   from http://foundlocally.com/Vancouver/Communications/MediaCableRadio.htm

Frequency        Station          Format          Original City
88.5    CKST     Team 1040 All sports radio      Vancouver 
88.9    CKSR    Adult Contemporary      Chilliwack 
89.3    CHKG    Chinese Ethnic Radio    Vancouver 
89.7    KMPS    Country         Seattle 
90.1    CKZZ    Hits / Top 40 / New Music       Vancouver 
90.7    KLSY    Adult Contemporary      Bellview 
91.3    CISL    Oldies  Vancouver 
91.7    CKNW    News/Talk/Sports        Vancouver 
92.1    KUBE    Contemporary Hits       Seattle 
92.5    CJJR    Country         Vancouver 
93.1    CBU     CBC Stereo - Classical / Variety / Information  Vancouver 
93.5    KPLU    Jazz / News     Tacoma 
93.9    CJSF    Campus Radio - SFU      Vancouver 
94.3    CKBD    Adult Favorites         Vancouver 
95.1    KUOW    Adult Variety   Seattle 
95.5    KBTB    70s Rock        Seattle 
95.9    KISW    Album Rock      Seattle 
96.3    CKKQ    Adult Rock      Victoria 
97.1    CKWX    News    Vancouver 
97.5    CHMB    Chinese Ethnic Radio    Vancouver 
98.1    KING    Classical       Seattle 
98.5    CIOC    Easy Listening  Victoria 
98.9    KWJZ    Jazz / Easy Listening   Seattle 
99.7    CFOX    Album Rock      Vancouver 
100.1   CFUN    Talk Radio      Vancouver 
100.5   CKVX    CKVX - New Rock         Vancouver 
100.9   CFBT    The Beat        Vancouver BC 
101.5   KPLZ    Contemporary Hits       Seattle 
101.9   CITR    Campus Radio - UBC      Vancouver 
102.3   CBUF    CBC French - Classical / Variety / Information  Vancouver 
102.7   CFRO    Co-op Radio / Alternative       Vancouver 
103.3   CJVB    Fairchild Radio         Vancouver 
103.7   CKLG    JACK FM-Playing What We Want    Vancouver 
104.1   CBC     CBC - Classical / Variety / Information         Regional 
104.5   CFML    Campus Radio - BCIT     Vancouver 
104.9   KIRO    News / Talk Radio       Seattle 
105.3   CFMI    Rock    Vancouver 
105.9   CBRF    CBC French - Classical / Variety / Information  Calgary 
106.3   CHQM    Easy Listening  Vancouver 
106.7   CISQ    Adult Contemporary      Whistler 
107.5   KNDD    Alternative Rock        Seattle 
107.9   VOICEPRINT      Reading Services        Vancouver 



> ---- Daniel Say <say@xxxxxx> wrote: 
> > 
> > and while the Prez of CBC is saying they are going to rush out 
> > of analogue TV broadcasts (1.7% of population he says) rival cable company
> > Shaw (owns the Global TV network also) is cancelling FM reception over cable.
> > Meaning a lot of U.S. Stations (mainly near border) will also be lost
> > 
> > 	People are actually goint to have to buy a radio!!
> > 
> > 
> > "Shaw has previously offered customers access to FM stations with
> > their cable subscription. We are in the process of discontinuing our
> > carriage of these FM stations.
> >    Discontinuing FM stations allows us to free up additional
> > bandwidth, which means Shaw can deliver faster Internet speeds,
> > increased High-Definition content and more Shaw Exo On Demand
> > programming.
> >    This change is part of Shaw.s dedication to providing our customers
> > with leading edge technology through our superior Shaw Exo network."
> > endquote
> > 
> > http://shaw.ca/Support/Television/FM-Discontinuation/ 
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