CIRA-FM is a

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located in

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, Canada. Its studios are located at 5000 d'Iberville street in the Plateau Mont-Royal district of Montreal. It broadcasts on 91.3

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with an

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of 36,200

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s ( class C1) using an

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located atop

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. Radio Ville-Marie now stylized as Radio VM received

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approval in 1994 to operate a new religious French-language FM radio programming at Montreal. This radio station is Catholic and has a

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. Since its inception in 1995 it identifies itself as "Radio Ville-Marie". CIRA-FM is not a

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broadcaster and as such does not carry paid advertising.

Transmitters

In addition to the Montreal station on 91.3 FM, CIRA-FM also broadcasts on the following frequencies: *CIRA-FM-1:

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...

(100.3 FM) (licensed to Radio-Soleil-Estrie as a separate radiocommunication distribution undertaking) - launched September 20, 1998 *CIRA-FM-2:

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 ...

(89.9 FM) - launched September 9, 2005 *CIRA-FM-3:

Victoriaville Victoriaville () is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of ...

(89.3 FM) - launched January 5, 2006 *CIRA-FM-4:

Rimouski Rimouski ( ; ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935 (as of 2021). Rimouski, whose motto is ''Legi patrum fidelis'' (Faithful to ...

(104.1 FM)

AM rebroadcaster

A transmitter for Canada's National Capital Region, CIRA-5 (1350 AM) in

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, directly across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region of Quebec and is also p ...

, was on the air from 2012 to 2015. That transmitter received CRTC approval on September 23, 2009. In 2011, the 1350 AM transmitter began on-air testing, simulcasting the programming of CJEU 1670 AM temporarily until CIRA-FM officially launched its programs on 1350 AM as CIRA-5 in 2012.Radio Ville-Marie entre en ondes à Ottawa-Gatineau
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'', November 26, 2012 (French) In 2015, CIRA-5 was shut down due to lack of money to keep that transmitter going. CIRA's FM transmitters remain unaffected with CIRA-5's shutdown. The 1350 AM frequency was a former frequency that was used by CHVR in

Pembroke, Ontario Pembroke ( ) is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario at the confluence of the Muskrat River (Ontario), Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley, northwest of Ottawa. Though containing the administrative headquarters of Renfre ...

, until it moved to FM in 1996. In 2018, CHFO in Gatineau occupied the AM 1350 frequency until it left the air in 2019.

References

External links

www.radiovm.com

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at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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