CJRC-FM
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| CJRC-FM | |
| City of license | Gatineau, Quebec |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National Capital Region, Eastern Ontario, and the Outaouais region |
| Branding | 104.7 CJRC |
| Slogan | Souvenirs Garantis |
| Frequency | 104.7 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | June 3, 1968 (AM) 2007 (FM) |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Power | 36,000 watts |
| ERP | 100 kW |
| Class | C1 |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment |
| Website | 104.7 CJRC |
CJRC-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Gatineau, Quebec (near Ottawa, Ontario). The station has a classic hits format and is part of the Corus Québec (formerly Radiomédia) network which operates across Quebec.
Owned and operated by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts on 104.7 MHz.
[edit] History
The station originally began broadcasting in 1968 on 1150 kHz with a daytime power of 50,000 watts and a nighttime power of 5,000 watts as a class B station, using a directional antenna with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional patterns in order to protect various other stations on that frequency - particularly CKOC in Hamilton.
The station was launched on June 3, 1968[1] by Raymond Crepeau, Marcel Joyal, Robert Campeau and Gerard Moreau with the presence of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada as part of the Radiomutuel network. Originally its headquarters were at the Sparks Street Mall in Ottawa but were later moved in the old city of Gatineau in the 1980s after a stay on Belfast Road in Ottawa.
On November 24, 2006, the CRTC authorized the station to switch to the FM band.[2] The change of frequency forced CHMY's transmitter in Arnprior, formerly on 104.7, to move to 107.7 FM.
On April 16, 2007, at 7:00 a.m. EDT, CJRC made the move to the FM band on 104.7 MHz as CJRC-FM Le FM parlé de l'Outaouais.
On June 12, 2008, CJRC-FM received approval to increase power from 2,900 to 36,000 watts.[3]
In March 2009, Corus announced plans to drop the talk radio format on CJRC, CHLT-FM in Sherbrooke, CHLN-FM in Trois-Rivières and CKRS-FM in Saguenay, in favour of a classic hits-oldies format branded as "Souvenirs Garantis", similar to the format already used on CFOM-FM in Quebec City effective on March 28, 2009.[4]
Since the implementation of the new CJRC-FM on 104.7 in 2007, the old 1150 AM has been simulcasting the programming of CJRC-FM which was originally to be shutdown on March 16, 2009 although as of April 2009, the 1150 AM signal was still in operation. The old AM 1150 CJRC signal finally left the air on May 1, 2009.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Astral Communications inc. (2000-01-14). "Notice annuelle -- Exercice terminé le 31 août 1999" (in French). http://www.astral.com/Sites/astralmedia/Multimedias/financiers/AIF/aif_1999_fr.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-637 CJRC Gatineau – Conversion to FM band (24 November 2006)
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-123
- ^ Francophone news-talk listeners across much of Quebec will be out of luck at month's end Scott Fybush/NERW, 2009-03-09
- ^ 1150 finally fell silent on Friday, Scott Fybush/North East Radio Watch, 2009-05-04
[edit] External links
- 104.7 CJRC
- CJRC History at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CJRC
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