Re: [HCDX]: CBC changes

["W.A. Merriman" <merriman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:05 AM 12/13/97 +1300, you wrote:
>In a QSL letter from Dimitrious (Jimmy) Siamoutas, Quality Control, Regional
>Engineering, CBC Montreal, he says the following stations are going to FM:
>


>CBM 940 Montreal - before Xmas '97, to 88.5mHz
>
>CBF 690 Montreal - before Xmas '97, to 95.1mHz
>
>CBJ 1580 Chicoutimi - during '98
>
>CBV 980 Quebec City - during '98
>
>CBL 740 Toronto - during '98, to 93.5mHz
>
>And Jimmy comments "All these changes take place mainly in the name of better
>quality and cost of operation, not to mention the real estate considerations,
>since the AM radio requires considerable acreage for ground conductivity."
>
>So it looks like I chose the right time to log CBM!

It will be 6 months to a year after the FM's hit the air before 
the AM's shut down.  Then there will be a real free-for-all among the
commercial AM stations in these markets to see who gets to move to these
prime frequencies.

73/DX

Al-K 4 G L U
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