page_title: CBW-FM
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: CBW-FM / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The CBC Winnipeg Building on Portage Avenue
context_page_description: CBW-FM is a public non-commercial radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The station airs the CBC Music Network, a mix of adult album alternative, classical music and other genres. Its studios are located on Portage Avenue in Downtown Winnipeg, while its transmitter is located on the Starbuck Communications Tower.
  CBW-FM is one of the most powerful radio stations in Canada, with an effective radiated power of 160,000 watts, while most FM stations run at 100,000 watts or less.
context_section_description: CBW-FM is Winnipeg's second FM station, signing on the air on December 10, 1962. It began as a commercial classical music station with the call sign CFMW-FM (C Fine Music Winnipeg). At the time it had the strongest FM signal in all of Canada at 354,000 watts, giving it a range of 200 miles.  It broadcast from a studio building at 4051 Pembina Hwy. in St. Norbert, although some programming came from CFAM in Altona.
  The CBC purchased the station in 1965. CBW-FM joined the CBC Stereo network at its start on November 3, 1975.
   Today, CBW-FM has its studios and offices at 541 Portage Avenue, along with its English-language sister stations CBW and CBWT-DT.
caption: CBC Winnipeg Building, 541 Portage Ave.
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