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CBAM-FM

CBC Radio One station in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ5008967
Source-derived summary

CBAM-FM (106.1 MHz) is a public, non-commercial radio station in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is the local Radio One station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The studios and offices are at 165 Main Street, in a building known as Ici Acadie, along with facilities for co-owned CBA-FM, CBAF-FM, CBAFT-DT and CBAT-DT.

CBAM-FM is a Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 69,500 watts horizontal polarization and 34,300 watts vertical polarization. The transmitter tower is on Timberline Road near Whitfield Trites Road in Moncton.

Programming

CBAM-FM has a local wake-up news and interview program, "Information Morning Moncton" with Jonna Brewer from 6 to 8:30 weekdays. It shares a weekday afternoon show with other CBC Radio One stations in New Brunswick, "Shift". From Halifax, it shares a midday magazine show on weekdays, "Maritime Noon", as well as some weekend shows and newscasts.

Every November, CBAM-FM hosts a local radiothon for the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Hospital Foundation, with proceeds going to the Tree of Hope Campaign.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “CBAM-FM” as cBC Radio One station in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 168-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1939-04-08. The account is most persuasive where CBAM-FM, Radio and station can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as cBC Radio One station in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5008967. Authority coordinates are 46.145, -64.903. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “CBAM-FM”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow CBAM-FM primary sources, CBAM-FM archive and CBAM-FM research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “CBAM-FM”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from CBAM-FM” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.