CFVD-FM, also known as Horizon 95,5 and Plaisir 95,5, is a

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that operates at 95.5 FM in Dégelis, Quebec,

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. Created by Radio Dégelis Inc., the station was licensed in 1978 at 1370

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AM with a transmitter of 1000 watts, and was licensed to convert to FM in 1994. CFVD-FM applied twice to the

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, in 2006 and 2010, to add an FM transmitter at

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which would operate at 102.5 MHz; they were denied both times. To highlight its 30th anniversary, the station took on the name Horizon FM in 2008. In 2012 the station was acquired by a group called Attraction Radio, who later morphed into

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. Since 2021 Arsenal Media has incorporated the station in its Plaisir branding, which designates pop and nostalgia-oriented content.

Transmitters

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, CFVD-FM-1; at 102.7 MHz and 50 watts; this repeater closed down after the core station migrated from AM to FM.

References

External links

Official site

CFVD-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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