The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / CBC Radio In Ottawa May Be Interrupted For Over A Month

**Posted by RadioActive** October 2, 2024 3:17 pm

The Corp's. antenna that provides service to the nation's capital is 37 years old and has reached the end of its life. So they're going to be upgrading the transmitter over the next few weeks, and if you live in the area and turn any of the many CBC signals on, you may not always hear anything.

And these intermittent interruptions could go on for a while.

"From Oct. 6 until Nov. 29, 2024 CBC will replace and upgrade its aging broadcasting infrastructure of CBC Radio One (CBO‐FM), CBC Music (CBOQ-FM), Ici Première (CBOF-FM) and Ici Musique (CBOX-FM) at its transmission site...

This work may affect listeners tuning in on the 91.5 FM, 103.3 FM, 90.7 FM and 102.5 FM frequencies with interruptions or loss of signal."

Even though the outages are temporary, that's one of the longest time period of possible interruptions I've ever seen. But if you're a listener and hear nothing, at least you'll know why.

CBC/Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau service interruptions

**Posted by Radiowiz** October 2, 2024 3:20 pm

Hopefully they can do this work late at night to cause the least amount of inconvenience to people.

**Posted by RadioActive** October 2, 2024 3:41 pm

I shouldn't think they'll do it during drivetime hours, but there may be some things that need to be done in the daylight. Oct. 6-Nov 29 is a long time for possibly spotty service.

**Posted by mace** October 2, 2024 8:40 pm

Decades ago while driving to Montreal I was able to listen to Buffalo's 102.5 well past Kingston. Eventually it lost out to the French 102.5 in Ottawa. With the Ottawa station temporarily off the air, I wonder how far that Buffalo signal would travel. now.

**Posted by Saul** October 3, 2024 12:19 am

I read this as intermittent, not temporary. When I lived in Ottawa, if I recall, 102.5 was open and I heard Buffalo easily enough on just rabbit ears from the 6th floor of residence at Carleton. If I am mistaken, and 102.5 was occupied there, I at least had Buffalo and area on other FM channels...

**Posted by mic'em** October 3, 2024 7:06 am

Amanda Pfeffer said at the end of Ontario Today, yesterday, that the signal will be weaker and intermittent temporarily for the next 6 weeks.

Last edited by mic'em (October 3, 2024 7:07 am)