CFJO-FM (branded as ''O97,3'') is a

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Thetford Mines Thetford Mines ( Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 141 miles northeast of Montreal an ...

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, which broadcasts on 97.3 FM with an

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of 100,000

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s. Its motto is "Le Meilleur de la musique", which means "The Best of Music". The station has studios in both Thetford Mines and

Victoriaville Victoriaville is a town in central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of Arthabask ...

, sharing facilities with its

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sister stations

CKLD-FM CKLD-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting a soft adult contemporary format at 105.5 FM in Thetford Mines, Quebec. It shares the programming of sister station CFDA-FM in Victoriaville. The stations air the same programming at all times ...

and CFDA-FM. Both cities are served by the same transmitter, and both studios produce part of the station's broadcast schedule — however, Thetford Mines is considered the station's primary

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History

The station first received

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approval in 1988. It was launched on 103.3 FM on July 15, 1989 by

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François Labbé François Labbé (born September 23, 1928 in Thetford Mines, Quebec) is a Canadian mass media owner who started the first commercial French language radio network in Canada, the Réseau des Appalaches, in 1972. Born in Thetford Mines in 1928, the ...

, who already owned many radio stations consolidated as the

Réseau des Appalaches Réseau des Appalaches (Appalachian Network) is a radio broadcasting company in the Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, consisting of three stations based in southeastern Quebec. The company was founded by François Labbé in 1972, and was the firs ...

. It moved to its current 97.3 frequency in 1997.Decision CRTC 97-47
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" by

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. In April 2014,

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-based Attraction Radio announced plans to acquire all of Réseau des Appalaches' stations, including CFJO-FM; the decision is currently awaiting

approval.Fagstein: "CKRS-FM Saguenay wants to become a Rythme FM station", May 27, 2014.
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Rebroadcasters

References

External links

O97,3
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