CFBC's first broadcast was on November 21, 1946, and was an
affiliate of the
CBC Dominion Network until its dissolution in 1962. The
call sign comes from the station's original owner, the
Fundy
Broadcasting
Company (later known as
Fundy Cable). In 1965, an FM station was added. CFBC-FM began operating at 98.9 MHz. It is now known as
CJYC-FM. MBS purchased CFBC and CJYC from Fundy in 1997. For several years, the studios and offices for CFBC and sister station CJYC-FM, were on Carleton Street in Uptown Saint John. In the mid-1990s, CFBC and CJYC-FM moved their studios and offices to 199 Chesley Drive. In 1997, CFBC and CJYC-FM moved into MBS's facility on Union Street. In addition to its music, CFBC is known for its news coverage. A morning talk show,
Talk of the Town, was discontinued in 2006. Unionized staff at CFBC and two other MBS stations in Saint John went on strike in June 2012, triggering calls for a boycott of the station's advertisers. The strikers set up an internet radio station until the strike was settled. In August 2013, CFBC flipped from
oldies/
classic hits to
country. CFBC previously broadcast at a 50,000 watts with a
directional antenna, using a four-
tower array, to protect other stations on
AM 930. The ownership applied for and received approval in January 2020 to lower the station's power. The licensee stated the change was required to address system failures, repairs, the ever-increasing costs of operating an AM radio station, and a steady decline in the station's revenues. It now operates at markedly lower power, from a single
non-directional antenna. ==Notable alumni==