CFOR-FM is a

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that broadcasts an

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format at 99.3 FM in

Maniwaki, Quebec Maniwaki is a town in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is situated north of Ottawa, Ontario, on the Gatineau River, at the crossroads of Route 105 and Route 107, near Route 117 (Trans-Canada Highway). The town is the administrative centre f ...

. The station originally signed on in 1975 at 1340 AM as CKMG until it moved to its current frequency in 1993. The CFOR call sign was adopted in 1999. (The CFOR call sign was formerly used at a radio station in

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.) The station is currently owned by Radio CFOR Inc. On October 27, 2009, the station applied to add an FM transmitter at

Mont-Laurier Mont-Laurier () is a town and incorporated municipality in western Quebec, Canada, located on the banks of the Lièvre River (''Rivière du Lièvre''), a tributary of the Ottawa River. Known as the "Capital of the Haute-Laurentides", the motto o ...

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and was denied by the

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on April 16, 2010. If approved, the new transmitter would have a broadcast on 98.3 MHz. On July 31, 2020 in decision 2020-238 the CRTC chose not to renew this station's license which would expire on August 31, 2020.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-238
CFOR-FM Maniwaki – Non-renewal of licence, ''CRTC'', July 31, 2020

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