CBY (AM)
CBC Radio One station in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
CBY (990 AM) is a radio station licensed to Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and it carries the CBC's Radio One network. The transmitter is off the Trans-Canada Highway near Massey Drive in Corner Brook.
CBY is a clear-channel/Class A station, transmitting with 10,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. By day, the signal covers most of Western Newfoundland. At night, with a good radio, it can be heard around the Maritime Provinces and parts of Quebec and New England. Nine FM rebroadcasters provide additional coverage throughout Western Newfoundland and the Northern Peninsula.
History
Before Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation in 1949, Newfoundland radio stations had call signs beginning with VO. Thus, what is now CBY was launched with the call sign VOWN, standing for the Voice Of West Newfoundland, on July 5, 1943 during a public ceremony attended by about two hundred guests in the ballroom of the Glynmill Inn. The broadcast opened with a rendition of Ode to Newfoundland played by the Corner Brook Militia Band, followed by a recorded address from Sir Humphrey Walwyn, Governor of Newfoundland.
The station originally broadcast on a frequency of 840 kHz and was owned by the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland.
The public source identifies “CBY (AM)” as cBC Radio One station in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Radio, station and Corner.
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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 Aug 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5009361. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1949 and 1943.
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