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{{Short description|CBC Radio One station in Fredericton, New Brunswick}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo               = Cbc radio one fredericton.svg
| format             = [[public broadcasting|Public Radio]] - [[Talk radio|News/Talk]]
| former_callsigns   = '''CBZ''' (1964–2004)
| former_frequencies = 970 [[Hertz|kHz]] ([[AM broadcasting|AM]]) (1964–2004)
| owner              = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
| name               = CBZF-FM
| city               = [[Fredericton]], [[New Brunswick]]
| area               = Central and Northwestern [[New Brunswick]]
| branding           = [[CBC Radio One]]
| airdate            = {{Start date and age|1964|3|4}}
| frequency          = 99.5 [[Hertz|MHz]] ([[FM broadcasting|FM]])
| erp                = 3,200 [[watt]]s
| haat               = {{convert|82.9|meters}}
| class              = A
| sister_stations    = [[CBAT-DT]]
| website            = [http://www.cbc.ca/nb/ CBC New Brunswick]
| callsign_meaning   = '''C'''anadian '''B'''roadcasting Corporation '''Z F'''redericton
}}
'''CBZF-FM''' (99.5 [[Hertz|MHz]]) is a [[non-commercial educational station|non-commercial]] [[public radio|public]] [[radio station]] in [[Fredericton]], [[New Brunswick]].  It is the local [[CBC Radio One|Radio One]] station of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] and is owned by the Canadian government.  The [[radio studio|studio]]s are at 1160 Regent Street in Fredericton.

CBZF-FM is a [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class A]] station, with an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 3,200 [[watt]]s.  The [[radio masts and towers|tower]] is at a [[height above average terrain]] (HAAT) of {{convert|82.9|m|ft}}.<REF>[https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&canfm=CBZF-FM FCCdata.org/CBZF-FM]</REF>  The [[transmitter]] is on Fernwood Drive in Fredericton.  In addition to CBZF 99.5 FM, another Radio One station, [[CBD-FM]] 91.3 [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], can easily be heard in the provincial capital.

==History==
CBC Radio programming first aired in Fredericton on privately owned [[network affiliate]] [[CIBX-FM|CFNB]] [[550 AM]].

CBC's own station launched on {{Start date and age|March 4, 1964}}.  It was '''CBZ''' at 970 AM.  Provincial Premier [[Louis Robichaud]] and [[Don Messer]]'s troupe were on hand for the opening ceremonies which originated from the [[Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook|Lord Beaverbrook]] Hotel.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBC Station Goes on Air in Fredericton|date=5 March 1964|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|author=Canadian Press|author-link=Canadian Press|page=10}}</ref>

In 2004, CBZ moved to the FM band on 99.5&nbsp;MHz.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2002/db2002-460.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-460 - CBZ Fredericton - Conversion to FM band]</ref> The [[call sign]] was changed to '''CBZF-FM'''.  That's because '''CBZ-FM''' was already used by the [[CBC Music|CBC Radio 2]] [[sister station]].

==Local programming==
CBZF currently produces a local morning news and current-affairs program, ''Information Morning with Jeanne Armstrong''.  It airs weekdays from 6:00{{nbsp}}a.m. to 8:30&nbsp;a.m. exclusively on 99.5 FM. CBZF also produces news and weather updates which are heard throughout the province weekdays between 9{{nbsp}}a.m. and 6{{nbsp}}p.m. 

''Information Morning'' is [[simulcast]] via television station [[CBAT-DT]] to the entire province. The program airs Monday to Friday from 6{{nbsp}}a.m. to 7{{nbsp}}a.m. on CBAT.  CBZF also carries the provincial afternoon show ''Shift'', which can be heard between 4{{nbsp}}p.m. and 6{{nbsp}}p.m. weekdays and comes from CBD-FM 91.3 in Saint John.

==Current staff==
* Jeanne Armstrong - Host of Information Morning
* Myfanwy Davies - Producer of Information Morning
* Jennifer Sweet - Newsreader

==Notable Former Staff==
* Hance Colburne - host of Information Morning (Now at [[CBD-FM]] Saint John)
* Terry Seguin - host of Information Morning (Retired)

== Transmitters ==
{{RadioRebroadcasters
| rec              = true
| crtc             = true
| callsign         = CBZF-FM
| call1            = CBZB-FM
| freq1            = 90.9 FM
| watts1           = 836
| class1           = A
| city1            = [[Boiestown, New Brunswick|Boiestown]]
| crtc1            =
| call2            = CBZC-FM
| freq2            = 103.3 FM
| watts2           = 44200
| class2           = C1
| city2            = [[Perth Parish, New Brunswick|Bon Accord]]
| crtc2            =
| call3            = CBZD-FM
| freq3            = 96.5 FM
| watts3           = 86
| class3           = A1
| city3            = [[Doaktown, New Brunswick|Doaktown]]
| crtc3            =
| call4            = CBAN-FM
| freq4            = 99.5 FM
| watts4           = 24000
| class4           = C1
| city4            = [[Edmundston]] 
| crtc4            = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2003/db2003-412.htm 2003-412]
| call6            = CBZF-FM-1
| freq6            = 95.5 FM
| watts6           = 50
| class6           = LP
| city6            = [[McAdam, New Brunswick|McAdam]]
| crtc6            = [http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2017/2017-396.htm 2017-396]
| call7            = CBZW-FM
| freq7            = 95.3 FM
| watts7           = 15
| class7           = LP
| city7            = [[Woodstock, New Brunswick|Woodstock]] 
| crtc7            = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1996/DB96-623.HTM 96-623] [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/db2008-292.htm 2008-292]
}}

In the 1970s, CBAM Edmunston changed its low-power AM frequency from 1490&nbsp;kHz to 1320&nbsp;kHz. CBAN-FM in Edmunston previously used the '''CBAM''' call sign until 2003, when it [[List of defunct CBC radio transmitters in Canada|converted to FM]] at 99.5&nbsp;MHz. That call sign now belongs to [[CBAM-FM]] in [[Moncton]], which adopted it after CBA moved to FM in 2007.

On September 1, 2017, the CBC applied to convert '''CBAX''' from 600&nbsp;kHz to 95.5&nbsp;MHz. The new callsign will be '''CBZF-FM-1'''.<ref>[https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201707705 2017-0770-5]</ref>
CBAX was the last low-power AM transmitter to rebroadcast CBZF-FM and also the last low-power CBC AM transmitter in the province. The CRTC approved the CBC's application to move CBAX to 95.5 FM on November 3, 2017.<ref>[http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2017/2017-396.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-396], CBZF-FM Fredericton – New transmitter in McAdam, ''CRTC'', November 3, 2017</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cbc.ca/nb/ CBC New Brunswick]
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/new-brunswick/CBZF-FM CBZF-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*{{RecnetCanada|CBZF-FM}}
*{{RecnetCanada|CBZ}}

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