Radio Parallèle was

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's French-language men's

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channel, located on XM channel 156. The channel was produced by

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, though the programming, as well as the near-totality of the shows aired, were done from th
Radio Pirate.com
studios out of

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, owned by morning-man Jeff Fillion. After a one-season hiatus in 2009-2010, live French-language broadcasts of the

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(both home and away) games are back on this channel. The regular programming is then suspended to air the matches, from CKAC's feed. On August 15, 2011, this channel was replaced by Voices Radio, a coast-to-coast showcase of Canadian music of various styles.

Franc Parler (November 17, 2005-April 16, 2006)

The French-language channel debuted as Franc Parler on

(It was an

startup offering. XM Canada stations also air on XM's main USA service). Franc Parler began as a men's lifestyle and sports talk channel. It soon evolved into a sports format and the channel was renamed SportsPlus to reflect the obvious.

SportPlus (April 17, 2006-April 8, 2007)

SportsPlus added a new dimension when it began airing the French over-the-air broadcasts of National Hockey League play-by-play of the

games from flagship station CKAC in Montreal. (XM Radio owns the rights to broadcast National Hockey League games and had already been airing most Canadiens games in English within the NHL XM channel range. XM Canada/SportsPlus actually had made an unsuccessful bid to be the flagship station to grab exclusive radio rights to the Canadiens.) XM172 quickly developed into full-time sports talk format, with original programming of three programs: a morning, noon, and afternoon show, as well as some original weekend programs. It continued to evolve and later added a live show to wrap around Canadien nighttime hockey games. That show, aired live until midnight Eastern time and would take phone calls emanating from Canada and the U.S. Former Canadiens player

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became a primary hockey analyst for the station. Additionally, more live sports were added, including QUFL, & USL, as well as the

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NHL French broadcasts. On August 11, 2006, XM signed controversial

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Jeff Fillion, formerly involved in the

CHOI-FM CHOI-FM is a French-language FM radio station that broadcasts on the frequency 98.1 MHz out of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, with a talk format. Locally, it is known as ''Radio X'' (a reference to "Generation X", as most of CHOI's listeners co ...

license renewal controversy, to host a daily morning program on SportPlus. His show, who was already on air on his internet radio station before being contracted by

, was the only one aired from

, while the rest of the programming was produced from the

studios in

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. However, due to budget issues, XM Radio Canada decided, on March 22, 2007, to release the sporting staff at SportPlus. The station was then rebranded as Radio Parallèle.

Radio Parralèle (April 9, 2007-August 11, 2011)

Lists of shows aired

*
Le Doom Show
', with Dominique Dumas * ''Jeff Le Pirate'', with Jeff Fillion, Yves Landry, and others * ''Yves Landry'', by Yves Landry himself * ''Le p’tit monde scientifique du Doc Boucher'', wit
Dr. Denis Boucher
* ''Ypotek'', wit
Stéphane Bruyère
*

', with Daniel Boudreault and Jacques Bienvenue *
Radio Haute Résolution
', with "Steve The Geek" Tremblay, Émile Gauthier an
Sébastien "topsebas" Lévesque
*
The Warmup
', with "Dany Calgary" Lemieux, and others (from Calgary,

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) *
Truck Stop Québec
', with Benoît Therrien, and others *
Le Terrain de Jeux de Pascal
', with Pascal "Pace" Déry, Éric "Rick" Gagné and Pascal Leblanc (split from th
Radio Pirate.com
studios in

and Déry's own studios, in

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) *
Hugocentrik
', with Hugo Clermont, and others *
Le P en Liberté
', with Pierre-Yves "Le P" Blais, and others *
Connaître la suite
', with Steve Martineau, and others

References

External links

Radio Parallèle on XM Canada site

Radio Parallèle on XM Canada site

SportPlus XM Commercial
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