The station was originally known as CJFP and went on the air on April 13, 1947 [1] as an AM station broadcasting on 1400 kHz. From 1984 until the station's move to FM in 1994, it was one of the few AM stations authorized to increase its power at night, due to NARBA amendments which authorized all stations on "graveyard" (class C) channels to quadruple their nighttime power. CJFP actually became the most powerful station in all of North America among those stations, as it was authorized to broadcast with 10,000 watts during the day and 20,000 watts (directional) at night;[2] however, this did not actually result in good coverage at night due to massive co-channel interference.[3] The FM signal went on the air on December 15, 1994[4] and the AM signal went off the air in June 1995.
Because the station already had an FM sister station, namely CIBM-FM (at the time, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regulations generally forbade broadcasters to operate more than one AM station and one FM station per market), CJFP-FM originally operated under a condition of licence which required at least half of the programming to be "spoken-word programming" (i.e., talk).[3] As such, CJFP-FM became the first privately owned French-language FM station to broadcast mainly talk programming; most of that talk programming came from the Radiomédia network. The station abandoned most of its talk programming, adopting a full-time adult contemporary format, and changed its call sign to CIEL-FM, effective September 1, 2001.[1] That call sign was used, until August 2000, on a Montreal-area station now known as CHMP-FM, which coincidentally now has a talk format.
CIEL-FM-1 went on the air when CJFP moved to FM.[3] CIEL-FM-3 replaced CJAF[5] in 1996,[6] and CIEL-FM-5 went on the air in 2001.[7] Another rebroadcaster, CHRT 1450 in Pohénégamook, was shut down when the station's main FM signal was implemented.[8]
There is a station in Trois-Pistoles which uses the call sign CIEL-FM-4 (formerly CJTF-FM), but since 1997 it is no longer a rebroadcaster of CIEL.[9]
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^ abLarouche, Marc. "CJFP devient CIEL-FM", Le Soleil, May 7, 2001, pg. A-4.
ciel, this, article, about, current, station, known, former, station, located, longueuil, chmp, french, language, canadian, radio, station, located, rivière, loup, quebec, rivière, loup, quebecbroadcast, arearivière, louptémiscouata, lacpohénégamookfrequency10. This article is about the current station known as CIEL FM For the former station located in Longueuil see CHMP FM CIEL FM is a French language Canadian radio station located in Riviere du Loup Quebec CIEL FMRiviere du Loup QuebecBroadcast areaRiviere du LoupTemiscouata sur le LacPohenegamookFrequency103 7 MHz FM BrandingCIELProgrammingFormatAdult contemporary French OwnershipOwnerGroupe Radio Simard Radio CJFP 1986 ltee Sister stationsCIBM FMHistoryFirst air dateApril 13 1947Former call signsCJFP 1947 2001 Call sign meaningfrom a French word meaning sky Technical informationClassCERP60 000 wattsHAAT320 5 meters 1 052 ft LinksWebsiteciel103 com Owned and operated by Radio CJFP 1986 ltee part of the Groupe Radio Simard it broadcasts on 103 7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 60 000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna class C The station has an adult contemporary format under the CIEL branding However the station has some oldies programming during weekends The station was originally known as CJFP and went on the air on April 13 1947 1 as an AM station broadcasting on 1400 kHz From 1984 until the station s move to FM in 1994 it was one of the few AM stations authorized to increase its power at night due to NARBA amendments which authorized all stations on graveyard class C channels to quadruple their nighttime power CJFP actually became the most powerful station in all of North America among those stations as it was authorized to broadcast with 10 000 watts during the day and 20 000 watts directional at night 2 however this did not actually result in good coverage at night due to massive co channel interference 3 The FM signal went on the air on December 15 1994 4 and the AM signal went off the air in June 1995 Because the station already had an FM sister station namely CIBM FM at the time Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission CRTC regulations generally forbade broadcasters to operate more than one AM station and one FM station per market CJFP FM originally operated under a condition of licence which required at least half of the programming to be spoken word programming i e talk 3 As such CJFP FM became the first privately owned French language FM station to broadcast mainly talk programming most of that talk programming came from the Radiomedia network The station abandoned most of its talk programming adopting a full time adult contemporary format and changed its call sign to CIEL FM effective September 1 2001 1 That call sign was used until August 2000 on a Montreal area station now known as CHMP FM which coincidentally now has a talk format Transmitters editRebroadcasters of CIEL FM City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNet CRTC Decision Temiscouata sur le Lac CIEL FM 3 98 3 FM 50 watts LP Query Riviere du Loup CIEL FM 1 93 9 FM 50 watts LP Query 85 8 Pohenegamook CIEL FM 5 93 5 FM 45 watts LP Query CIEL FM 1 went on the air when CJFP moved to FM 3 CIEL FM 3 replaced CJAF 5 in 1996 6 and CIEL FM 5 went on the air in 2001 7 Another rebroadcaster CHRT 1450 in Pohenegamook was shut down when the station s main FM signal was implemented 8 There is a station in Trois Pistoles which uses the call sign CIEL FM 4 formerly CJTF FM but since 1997 it is no longer a rebroadcaster of CIEL 9 References edit a b Larouche Marc CJFP devient CIEL FM Le Soleil May 7 2001 pg A 4 Decision CRTC 84 1031 a b c Decision CRTC 94 736 Former Canadian AM stations by Kit Sage CJAF history defunct Archived 2017 03 05 at the Wayback Machine Canadian Communications Foundation Decision CRTC 96 632 Decision CRTC 2001 192 CHRT history defunct Archived 2017 03 05 at the Wayback Machine Canadian Communications Foundation Decision CRTC 97 114 renewed under its new call sign in Decision CRTC 2001 406External links editCIEL CIEL FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation CIEL FM in the REC Canadian station database 47 34 56 N 69 22 17 W 47 58222 N 69 37139 W 47 58222 69 37139 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title CIEL FM amp oldid 1221286564, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
