CJMF-FM is a

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located in

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. Owned and operated by

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, it broadcasts on 93.3

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with an

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of 32,960

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s ( class C1) using an

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. The station's transmitter is located at

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. The station has a hybrid

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and

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and identifies itself as ''FM 93''. Prior to September

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, the station was known as ''Le 93,3'' with a

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/talk format. The station's playlist, however, is heavy on

still. CJMF-FM was the #1 station in the Quebec City market in the late 1980s, especially while it aired "Le Zoo" with Gilles Parent, Alain Dumas and Michel Morin, from 1984 to 1990. On January 5, 2012, Cogeco applied with the

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to amend its license conditions to increase its talk programming to 75% of the schedule, with music filling the remainder. If approved, CJMF-FM plans to carrying talk programming from Monday to Friday, with its mainstream rock format restricted to weekends. The CRTC approved the station's request on August 22, 2012, which allows the station to expand its spoken-word programming beyond the prior limits of 50%. In September 2012, it was announced that radio broadcasts of the

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and the

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will move to CJMF after the Remparts' owned-and-operated station, CHRC closed at the end of September.Fagstein: "Last AM radio station in Quebec City to shut down", September 14, 2012.
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