Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it broadcasts on 1070 kHz with a power of 50,000 watts fulltime as a clear channel (class A) station, using an omnidirectional antenna. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countrys national radio and television broadcaster. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... Clear channel stations are AM radio stations that are designated as such so that only one or two 50,000 watt powerhouses operate at night on each designated frequency, covering a wide area via sky wave propagation. ... This is the list of broadcast station classes. ... An omnidirectional antenna is an antenna system which radiates maximum power uniformly in all directions. ...
The station has an ad-free news/talkformat and is part of the CBC Radio One network, which operates across Canada. Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ...