CFIN-FM is a

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Canadian radio station located in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec. It broadcasts on 100.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 9,600 watts ( class B) using an omnidirectional antenna. The station has a variety

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and operates under a community radio licence. CFIN-FM received approval in 1991 and went on the air in 1992. One of their most famous shows was the weekly "Son Noir des Nuits Blanches", mainly a classic-rock show broadcast on Saturday nights from midnight to 2 A.M. from 1993 to 1998. CFIN-FM operates four

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s. The most powerful one, CFIN-FM-1, is located in

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, and broadcasts on 103.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 1,390 watts ( class A) using an omnidirectional antenna. The other ones all broadcast on 105.5 MHz using a

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with a peak effective radiated power of 50 watts ( class LP); these rebroadcasters are: * CFIN-FM-2 in Saint-Malachie, * CFIN-FM-3 in

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and * CFIN-FM-4 in Saint-Jean-d'Orléans. Their average effective radiated power is respectively 34, 32 and 35 watts. The call sign CFIN-FM was previously used by an unrelated defunct private station in

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which operated from 1984 to 1987. That station had to close after the

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refused to renew its licence.Decision CRTC 87-756
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References

External links

Passion FM Website
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Passion FM (CFIN-FM)
- Online webcast {{DEFAULTSORT:Cfin-Fm Fin Fin Fin Radio stations established in 1991 1991 establishments in Quebec