CBJX-FM is a

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located in Saguenay,

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. Owned and operated by the

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, it broadcasts on 100.9

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with an

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of 50,000 watts ( class B) using an

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. The station has an ad-free music

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featuring mostly classical music,

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, world music and also other genres. It is part of the

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network (previously known, from 2004 to 2014 as ''Espace musique''; and before September 2004, as ''La Chaîne culturelle'' when the format was more focused on classical music), which operates across Canada. The station's

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used to be CBJ-FM until 1999. At that time, that call sign started to be used by its

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as it moved to FM; that station got the call sign CBJ-FM, and the old CBJ-FM thus had to change its own call sign. CBJX-FM also has a rebroadcast transmitter in

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at 90.9 FM.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-123
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