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CBME-FM is an English-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.
Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it broadcasts on 88.5 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 11,510 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 25,000 watts ( class B) from a transmitter atop Mount Royal.
The station has a commercial-free news/talk format and is part of the CBC Radio One network which operates across Canada. Like all CBC Radio One stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono. Some local shows and newscasts produced at CBME-FM are also heard on a chain of stations across Quebec.
Its studios and offices, along with those of sister stations 93.5 CBM-FM ( CBC Radio 2), 95.1 CBF-FM, ( Ici Radio-Canada Première) and 100.7 CBFX-FM ( Ici Musique) are located at Maison Radio-Canada at 1400 Rene-Levesque Boulevard East. Master control is at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto.