CJEC-FM (WKND 91.9) is a French-language

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located in

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. Owned and operated by Leclerc Communication, it broadcasts on 91.9

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using a directional antenna with an average

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of 13,910

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s and a peak effective radiated power of 31,000 watts ( class C1). The station's transmitter is located at

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. The station was licensed by the

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in 2002. The station has a

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format. Until May 2012, it was also a part of Cogeco's

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Rythme FM network of stations across much of Quebec. On April 30, 2010, then-owner Cogeco announced it would purchase Corus Quebec's radio stations. The sale was approved by the CRTC on December 17, 2010, on the condition that CJEC-FM be sold to another party by December 2011. On November 9, 2011, Cogeco announced a deal to sell CFEL-FM and CJEC-FM to Leclerc Communication Inc., a broadcaster owned by Jacques Leclerc, a local businessman who owns

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and Biscuits Leclerc. The sale was approved by the CRTC on January 19 and completed on January 31,

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. The stations were delisted from Cogeco Diffusion's website shortly thereafter. For a time CJEC's website still identified the station as a Cogeco station, which was no longer true; also, the station retained the Rythme FM name and simulcasted most of its networked Rythme FM programming from former sister station CFGL-FM in

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. However, on May 21,

at 12 Midnight, Leclerc dropped the Rythme FM branding and

programming from CJEC-FM, and began to identify itself as ''Le 91,9 FM Québec'', playing a selection of

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music without use of personalities—the station was relaunched as ''WKND 91.9'' (pronounced on-air as ''Weekend Radio 91.9'') on June 20, 2012 at 6PM. The station has moved away from

programming and shifted to

by adding some

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artists to the playlist. In April 2020, Leclerc acquired Montreal classical station

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, which previously simulcasted CJEC-FM's competitor, CJSQ-FM; in June of that year, that station would flip to an adult contemporary format as ''WKND 99.5'', breaking off the simulcast with CJSQ-FM. The Rhythme FM branding and format would resurface on August 16, 2021, after Cogeco-owned

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changed its branding from "M 102.9".

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WKND 91.9
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