CBGA-FM

Infobox Radio Station


name = CBGA-FM
airdate = 1948
"(moved to FM in 2004)"
frequency = 102.1 MHz (FM)
city = Matane, Quebec
area = Bas-Saint-Laurent | format = public broadcasting
owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
erp = 42.93 kW
branding = Première Chaîne
slogan =
class = C1
website = [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/indexPc.html Première Chaîne]
callsign_meaning =

CBGA-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Matane, Quebec.

Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French : Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 102.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 42,930 watts (class C1) using an omnidirectional antenna.

The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Première Chaîne network, which operates across Canada. Like all other La Première Chaîne stations, but unlike most FM stations, CBGA-FM broadcasts in mono.

Previously known as CBGA when the station was on the AM band on 1250 kHz, the station moved to FM in 2004. The station was founded in 1948 as CKBL and changed its call sign when it was bought by Radio-Canada in 1972.

External links

* [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/indexPc.html Première Chaîne]
*RecnetCanada|CBGA-FM