CJBR-FM is a

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located in

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. Owned and operated by the (government-owned)

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(french: Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 89.1 MHz using a

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with an average

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of 19,400

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s and a peak effective radiated power of 38,800 watts ( class C1). The station has an ad-free news/

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and is part of the

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network, which operates across Canada. Like all other Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, CJBR-FM broadcasts in mono.

History

Previously known as CJBR when the station was on the

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on 900

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, the station moved to FM in 2001. It is one of the few CBC/SRC stations to not have a

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beginning with CB, as it was originally a privately owned station; CJBR was an affiliate of Radio-Canada from the station's opening in 1937 until it was bought by Radio-Canada in 1977. The call sign "CJBR" stands for Canada Jules Brillant Rimouski ( Jules Brillant being the founder of the station). When it bought the station in 1977 from Telemedia (who acquired Brillant's broadcasting properties in 1970), Radio-Canada initially wanted to change the call sign to CBSL, but this plan was discarded after a petition was circulated against this change. A new private radio station, CFLP (now

CJOI-FM CJOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Rimouski, Quebec. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it broadcasts on 102.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 33,600 watts ( class B) using an omnidirectional antenna. The st ...

) was opened in Rimouski the following year. The station originally broadcast on 1030 kHz with 1,000 watts. On March 29, 1941, the station moved to 900 kHz. Power was increased to 5,000 watts full-time in 1947, and to 10,000 watts full-time in 1956. The AM transmitter was shut down on September 6, 2001 at 9 AM. Its FM

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, originally called CJBR-FM, had to change its own call sign to

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. The station's current local programs are ''Info-réveil'', in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and ''Le monde aujourd'hui'' in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CJBR-FM also co-produces ''D'Est en est'', a pan-regional program produced in turn with CBGA-FM

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and

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Sept-Îles and heard afternoons during the summer months. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City). Its Saturday morning program, ''Samedi et rien d'autre'', originates from CBF-FM

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Repeater

CJBR-FM operates only one relay station, namely CJBR-FM-1 in

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. That station opened in 1992 and operates on 89.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts ( class C) using an

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. Listeners west of the area are served by

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station CBV-FM and its relays, and listeners east of the area are served by CBGA-FM and its relays.

Notable hosts

* Pierre Nadeau OC CQ, announcer from 1956 to 1957

References

External links

*
Ici Radio-Canada Première

Histoire de CJBR-FM
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