CFGT-FM is a
French-language
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Canadian
radio station
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located in
Alma, Quebec
Alma (2021 Town population: 30,331; CA Population 33,018; UA Population 26,016) is a town in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Geography
Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into ...
.
Owned and operated by
Cogeco
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following its 2018 acquisition of most of the stations formerly owned by
RNC Media
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, it broadcasts on 104.5
MHz
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with an
effective radiated power
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of 20,000
watt
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s, using an
omnidirectional antenna
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(
class B); it was previously heard on the AM band, on 1270
kHz
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, with a daytime power of 10,000
watt
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s and a nighttime power of 5,000 watts as a
class B station, using a
directional antenna
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with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional patterns in order to protect various other stations on that frequency.
The station an
adult contemporary
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format
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branded as Planète 104,5. Prior to its conversion to FM, CFGT had a hybrid
talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often featur ...
/
adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...
format branded as L'Info Radio CFGT 1270.
History
CFGT was founded by Lionel Morin and went on the air on October 26,
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
, by Radio Lac St-Jean Ltée. The station initially had a power of 1,000 watts; it was authorized to increase its power in 1974. CFGT had to close for extended periods in 1982 and 1994 due to financial problems.
Prior to its conversion to FM, CFGT was an affiliate of the now-defunct Radiomédia/
Corus Québec Corus Québec, until May 2005 Radiomédia, was a French-language Canadian news/talk radio network serving most of Quebec. The network and most of its affiliates were owned by Toronto-based Corus Entertainment.
Stations
The network had four co-flags ...
network, which operated across the
Canadian
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province of
Quebec
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.
AM to FM
An application to move to
FM on 97.7 MHz with an
effective radiated power
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of 100,000 watts was denied in 1993.
In March 2007, it became known that the station planned to apply again to move to FM.
An application to convert to the FM band on 97.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts was denied once again on September 11, 2008.
On March 25, 2009, CFGT has yet again applied to convert to the FM dial, again at 97.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts, which finally received CRTC approval on August 20, 2009. On March 3, 2010, the station received approval to use the 104.5 MHz frequency, instead of 97.7 MHz.
On October 13,
2010
File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
, at 6:00 a.m.
EDT, CFGT made the move to the FM band on 104.5 MHz as CFGT-FM Planète 104,5. After the move to FM, CFGT abandoned most of its talk programming, which, at that point was mostly networked from Corus Québec, adopting a full-time adult contemporary format.
Only three days later, on October 16, 2010, the old AM 1270 CFGT signal left the air, opting not to use the entire 90-day simulcast period.
Our CANADA news begins with still more silent AMs
''Scott Fybush''/''North East Radio Watch'', 2010-11-08
References
External links
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