CFOM-FM is a
French-language
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Canadian
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radio station
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located in
Quebec City
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,
Quebec
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, licensed to
Lévis. The station has a
hot 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, quiet ...
format since August 2014.
Owned and operated by
Cogeco
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications and media company. Its corporate offices are located at 1 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec. The company is structured into three strategic business units (SBU); Cogeco Connexion, Breezeline ( ...
, it broadcasts on 102.9
MHz
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using a
directional antenna
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with an average
effective radiated power
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of 16,800
watt
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s and a peak effective radiated power of 32,800 watts (
class C1). The station's transmitter is located at
Mount Bélair
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Activities
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.
It used to be an
AM station, broadcast at 1240 AM from its inception in December 1967 until 1976, then moved to 920 AM until 1994 and was originally known as CFLS. In 1988, CFLS's then-owner, Radio Etchemin, planned to relocate CFLS from 920 kHz to the FM band at 106.3 MHz, with effective radiated power of 54,350 watts; this application was denied by the
CRTC
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. (106.3 has since been occupied by the local
Ici Radio-Canada Première
Ici Radio-Canada Première (formerly Première Chaîne) is a Canadian French language, French-language radio network, the news and information service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known as Société Radio-Canada in French), the Public ...
outlet,
CBV-FM
CBV-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première network in Quebec City. The station broadcasts at 106.3 FM from Mount Bélair.
The station was first launched in 1934 as AM 950 CRCK, Quebec City' ...
.) CFLS's second application to relocate to FM, this time to 102.9 MHz, was successful, and the relocation was made in 1994. When the station switched to an
oldies
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format in 1995, it changed its
call sign
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to the current CFOM-FM.
Ironically, CFLS was Quebec City's
Top 40
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station in the 1970s and early 1980s and had to compete, until 1976, against an
English-language
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Top 40 station known as
CFOM
CFOM-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec, licensed to Lévis. The station has a hot adult contemporary format since August 2014.
Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 102.9 MHz using a direct ...
, which was closed by order of the CRTC for failure to respect
CBC Radio
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affiliation requirements. That station began operating in 1949 under the call letters CJNT until 1954 when the call letters were changed to CJQC and were again changed in 1964 to become CFOM, at 1340 on the dial.
In March 2009, then-owner
Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian mass media company. Formed in 1999 as a spin-off from Shaw Communications, it has prominent holdings in the radio, publishing, and television industries. It is headquartered at Corus Quay in Toronto, Onta ...
expanded CFOM-FM's ''
Souvenirs Garantis
Souvenirs Garantis ''(French for "Memories Guaranteed")'' was a network of French-language
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'' format (which was introduced on CFOM in 2005) to
CHLT-FM in
Sherbrooke
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,
CJRC-FM
CKOF-FM (104.7 MHz) is a French-language commercial radio station in Gatineau, Quebec, serving the National Capital Region including Ottawa. Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts a talk radio format, calling itself "104,7 FM". Some progr ...
in
Gatineau
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,
CHLN-FM
CKOB-FM is a French language, French-language Canada, Canadian radio station located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 106.9 Hertz, MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power ...
in
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
and
CKRS-FM
CILM-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec. The station carries adult contemporary format as part of the Rythme FM network.
Owned by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 98.3 MHz using a directional antenna with a ...
in
Saguenay—replacing their long-time news-talk formats on these stations.
On April 30, 2010, it was announced that Cogeco will acquire all radio stations owned by Corus in Quebec for $80 million, pending
CRTC
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approval. However, Cogeco must either apply with the CRTC for an exemption from the common ownership policy, or sell off some of these (or Cogeco's own stations) to a third party as they will be over the maximum allowable number of stations in Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke. Corus is selling off their Quebec radio stations, as they are less profitable than Corus's stations in other parts of Canada. The sale of CFOM-FM and most other Corus Québec stations has been approved by the CRTC on December 17, 2010, on the condition that Cogeco-owned
CJEC-FM
CJEC-FM (WKND 91.9) is a French-language Canada, Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Leclerc Communication, it broadcasts on 91.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power ...
and Corus-owned
CFEL-FM
CFEL-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec, but the station's official city of license is Lévis.
Owned and operated by Leclerc Communication Inc., it is a Class C1 FM station which broadcasts on 102. ...
be sold to another party by December 2011; these stations were sold to Leclerc Communication Inc. in November 2011.
By
2011
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, the station changed to a more
classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...
-leaning
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, even though the classic hits currents remain on the station.
By December 6, 2011, CFOM was the remaining station in the Souvenirs Garantis group, following the closure of its sister station,
CJTS-FM
CJTS-FM was a French language, French-language Canada, Canadian radio station located in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcast on 104.5 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 9,200 wa ...
in Sherbrooke.
On Sunday September 16, 2012, CFOM discarded its longtime ''Souvenirs Garantis'' branding, becoming ''102,9 Québec'', retaining its
classic hits
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format. The station rebranded again in August 2014, becoming ''M FM'', switching to
Hot AC
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, quiet s ...
. With the re-branding, the station dropped all pre-1980 music and promised that it would focus on reducing the amount of unnecessary non-music content (such as jocks and contests) heard, in favor of increased music.
On June 1, 2021, Cogeco Media announces that "M 102.9" will become a station of the ''Rythme FM'' network, effective August 16, 2021.
This led the return of the Rythme FM branding and format to the Quebec City market since CJEC-FM's disaffiliation and sale in 2012.
References
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