CFUT-FM is a Canadian

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station broadcasting in

Shawinigan Shawinigan (; ) is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,620 as of the 2021 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) ...

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. Launched in 2005, the station broadcasts a

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format at 92.9 FM. The station is owned by La Radio Campus Communautaire Francophone de Shawinigan, Inc. On January 6, 2011, the station applied to the

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(CRTC) to change frequencies from 91.1 MHz to 88.1 MHz, in order to provide a more quality signal to its listeners. On October 21, 2011, this application was denied by the CRTC, following interventions by

CFOU-FM CFOU-FM (89.1 Hertz, MHz) is a French language radio station that broadcasts in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. It is the campus radio station of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. History CFOU-FM was licensed by the Canadian Radi ...

89.1 MHz in

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, ; ) is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

, citing potential interference issues; and CHHO-FM 103.1 MHz in

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, citing competition issues. The broadcasting group opted to relocate instead from 91.1 MHz to 92.9 MHz, in addition to increasing its effective radiated power (ERP) from 199 to 3,700 watts (with maximum ERP from 250 to 3,700 watts with an increase of EHAAT from 9.2 to 123.7 metres); and relocating its transmitter site from Shawinigan to Mont-Carmel, but was once again denied by the CRTC on May 9, 2013, citing concerns with CHHO-FM, as well as the station requesting too large of an upgrade.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-234
CFUT-FM Shawinigan – Licence amendments, ''CRTC'', May 9, 2013 The commission approved a similar 2014 application to relocate the transmitter to Grand-Mère and increase power to 2,100 watts, which took effect in April 2016. On February 1, 2021, the radio locale de Shawinigan became Country Pop 92.9.

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