CFLR-FM is a Canadian

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, broadcasting at 90.1

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( FM) in La Romaine,

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. The station broadcasts a

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format with programming in both

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and

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. The station received

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approval in 1992.Decision CRTC 92-747
/ref> CFLR was also the informal call sign of CKLU in

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when it broadcast only on

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. When that station became officially licensed as an FM radio station in 1996, it adopted its current call sign since the CFLR call sign was already in use in La Romaine.

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CFLR-FM history
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