CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One
Country
Canada
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
Launch date1936
Former names
CBC Radio (1936–44, 1962–97)
Trans-Canada Network (1944–62)
Coverage
AvailabilityAM and FM frequencies across Canada
Bell Satellite TV
Shaw Direct
Sirius XM
Links
Websitecbc.ca/radio

CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information radio network of the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial-free and offers local and national programming. It is available on AM and FM to 98 percent of Canadians and overseas over the Internet, and through mobile apps. CBC Radio One is simulcast across Canada on Bell Satellite TV satellite channels 956 and 953,[1] and Shaw Direct satellite channel 870.[2]

A modified version of Radio One, with local content replaced by additional airings of national programming, is available on Sirius XM channel 169. It is downlinked to subscribers via SiriusXM Canada and its U.S.-based counterpart, Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

In 2010,[needs update] Radio One reached 4.3 million listeners each week. It was the largest radio network in Canada.[3]

  1. ^ "Channel Listing | Satellite TV" (PDF). Bell. April 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Classic Channel Lineup" (PDF). Shaw Direct. May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Millions of people tune into CBC Radio" Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. August 2010.