CBW-FM
CBC Music station in Winnipeg
title: "CBW-FM" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-winnipeg", "cbc-music-stations", "radio-stations-established-in-1962", "1962-establishments-in-manitoba"] description: "CBC Music station in Winnipeg" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBW-FM" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary CBC Music station in Winnipeg ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | CBW-FM |
| logo | File:Winnipeg cbc music.svg |
| logo_size | 225px |
| airdate | |
| frequency | 98.3 MHz |
| city | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| area | Southern Manitoba |
| format | Adult contemporary/Classical music/Jazz |
| owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| erp | 160,000 watts |
| haat | 223 m |
| branding | CBC Music |
| sister_stations | CBW, CKSB-10-FM, CKSB-FM, CBWT-DT, CBWFT-DT |
| class | C |
| website | CBC Manitoba |
| callsign_meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Winnipeg |
| former_callsigns | CFMW-FM (1962–1965) |
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| name = CBW-FM | logo = File:Winnipeg cbc music.svg | logo_size = 225px | airdate = | frequency = 98.3 MHz | city = Winnipeg, Manitoba | country = CA | area = Southern Manitoba | format = Adult contemporary/Classical music/Jazz | owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | erp = 160,000 watts | haat = 223 m | branding = CBC Music | sister_stations = CBW, CKSB-10-FM, CKSB-FM, CBWT-DT, CBWFT-DT | class = C | website = CBC Manitoba | callsign_meaning = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Winnipeg | former_callsigns = CFMW-FM (1962–1965) CBW-FM (98.3 MHz) is a public non-commercial radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The station airs the CBC Music Network, a mix of adult album alternative, classical music and other genres. Its studios are located on Portage Avenue in Downtown Winnipeg, while its transmitter is located on the Starbuck Communications Tower.
CBW-FM is one of the most powerful radio stations in Canada, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 160,000 watts, while most FM stations run at 100,000 watts or less. (Winnipeg is also home to the most powerful station, CJKR-FM at 310,000 watts.)
History
CBW-FM is Winnipeg's second FM station, signing on the air on December 10, 1962. It began as a commercial classical music station with the call sign CFMW-FM (Fine Music Winnipeg). At the time it had the strongest FM signal in all of Canada at 354,000 watts, giving it a range of 200 miles. It broadcast from a studio building at 4051 Pembina Hwy. in St. Norbert, although some programming came from CFAM in Altona.
The CBC purchased the station in 1965. CBW-FM joined the CBC Stereo network at its start on November 3, 1975.
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Programming
CBW-FM was the originating station of the jazz program After Hours with Ross Porter, since 1993, but the program aired its final episode on March 16, 2007. Tonic, a similarly themed program hosted from Montreal by Katie Malloch on weeknights and from Calgary by Tim Tamashiro on weekends, debuted in its place on March 19.
Transmitters
| rec = true | callsign = CBW-FM | call1 = CBWS-FM | freq1 = 92.7 FM | watts1 = 90,000 | class1 = C1 | city1 = Brandon
An expansion of CBW is in the works for other regions of Manitoba. Future rebroadcasters are planned for Dauphin (106.1), Flin Flon (89.7), The Pas (100.3), and Thompson (90.7).
References
References
- (December 10, 1962). "Strongest FM Station Goes On Air Tonight". Winnipeg Free Press.
- (November 2, 1962). "New FM Radio Station Goes On The Air Dec. 3". Winnipeg Free Press.
- (March 15, 1965). "CBC Seeking CFMW". Winnipeg Free Press, CP newswire.
- (November 4, 1975). "World's longest FM network goes into operation across Canada". Winnipeg Free Press.
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