CBH-FM (Radio Two), Halifax, Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation opened CBH-FM on June 1. The new station operated on a frequency of 102.7 MHz with effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, non-directional. The original application called for operations on 101.1 MHz with 100,000 watts ERP, non-directional. CBH-FM operated as part of the CBC’s small string of FM Stereo stations.
On November 3, the CBC-FM network was re-launched as "CBC Stereo".
CBZ-FM Fredericton/Saint John, New Brunswick was launched on January 30.
On April 15, CBA-FM was launched in Moncton, N.B.
The Stereo network went to 24 hour a day operation February 6.
On September 1, CKWM-FM Kentville disaffiliated from the CBC Stereo network and began producing local programs on a full-time basis. CKWM had operated as a full-time rebroadcaster of the Stereo network for a number of years. It had been the only privately-owned affiliate of the network.
On September 15, CBH-FM received authorization to add a transmitter at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, operating on frequency 104.7 MHz, with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts.
On October 31, CBCH-FM Charlottetown, P.E.I. began operations.
On January 13, the CRTC approved the applications to amend the licences of CBAF-FM-5, CBHA-FM and CBH-FM Halifax by decreasing the effective radiated power from 100,000 watts to 91,000 watts for CBAF-FM-5 and CBHA-FM; and from 100,000 watts to 92,000 watts for CBH-FM.
The CBC Stereo network was renamed "CBC Radio Two" on September 1.
CBH-FM received approval on July 11 to add to its licence, CBH-FM-1 Middleton, operating on frequency 93.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 8,000 watts. Until this time, the CBC had held a separate licence for CBH-FM-1. This transmitter had been on the air since September 16, 1988.
CBH-FM operated the following transmitters: CBH-FM-1 Middleton, CBCH-FM Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, CBZ-FM Fredericton/Saint John, New Brunswick and CBA-FM Moncton, New Brunswick. Most of CBH-FM’s programming originated with the Radio Two network.
On July 26, CBH-FM received permission to decrease the effective radiated power from 100,000 watts to 81,000 watts and increase the antenna height of its transmitter CBZ-FM Fredericton/Saint John, New Brunswick.
On August 13, CBH-FM was given approval to add a transmitter at Mulgrave, operating on 103.1 MHz with effective radiated power of 40,500 watts.
CBH-FM-2 signed on the air at Mulgrave on May 23.
On February 2, CBH-FM received approval to decrease the effective radiated power for CBA-FM Moncton, New Brunswick, from 77,000 watts to 68,000 watts and to increase the antenna height. The CBC advised that it had replaced its transmission tower near Moncton in the fall of 2005 and this change was necessary to maintain the same coverage area.