CBUF-FM

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CBUF-FM
Broadcast area	Vancouver, British Columbia
Branding	La Première Chaîne
First air date	1967
Frequency	97.7 MHz (FM)
Format	public broadcasting
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website	La Première Chaîne

CBUF is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's La Première Chaîne network in Vancouver, British Columbia. The station broadcasts at 97.7 FM.

The station was first launched in 1967.

The station also has rebroadcasters in Chilliwack, Kelowna, Terrace, Prince George, Kitimat, Kamloops, Dawson Creek, Port Alberni, Victoria and Whitehorse.

Ironically, despite having one of the best FM signals in the Lower Mainland, or for that matter, along the west coast of North America (100,000 watts ERP at 1860 ft EHAAT) the station averages less than 20,000 listeners and has a market share of just 0.3%. This has led to speculation that the CBC, with its strategy of putting the English Radio One service on FM in other major markets like Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, may apply to the CRTC to flip Radio One from 690 AM to 97.7 FM and put La Premiere Chaine on the AM frequency.

FM radio stations in Vancouver, Victoria, B.C. and Bellingham, Washington

Vancouver: CJSF 90.1 • CBUX 90.9 • CKYE 93.1 • CJJR 93.7 • CFBT 94.5 • CKZZ 95.3 • CHKG 96.1 • CKLG 96.9 • CBUF 97.7 • CFOX 99.3 • CFMI 101.1 • CITR 101.9 • CISW 102.7 • CFRO 102.7 • CHQM 103.5 • CKCL 104.9 • CBU 105.7 • CKAV-2 106.3 • CFML 107.9 • Abbotsford: CIVL 88.7 • CKQC 107.1 • Chilliwack: CBYF 91.7 • CKSR 98.3 • Hope: CFSR 100.5 • CBUE 101.7 • Squamish: CISQ 107.1 • Whistler: CBYW 100.1 • Victoria: CBUX 89.9 • CBCV 90.5 • CJZN 91.3 • CBU-1 92.1 • CIOC 98.5 • CKKQ 100.3 • CFUV 101.9 • CHTT 103.1 • CHBE 107.3 • Bellingham: KUGS 89.3 • KMWS 90.1 • KSVR 91.7 • KZAZ 91.7 • KISM 92.9 • KMRE 102.3 • KAVZ 102.5 • KWPA 103.1 • KAFE 104.3 • KWPZ 106.5 • Port Angeles/Forks: KVIX 89.3 • KNWP 90.1 • KBDB 103.9 See also: Vancouver (FM) (AM)