CFYX-FM is a

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located in Rimouski, Quebec. Owned and operated by Radio Rimouski, part of

Groupe Radio Simard Groupe Radio Simard is a Canadian radio broadcasting company, which owns seven radio stations in the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches regions of Quebec. The company's headquarters is in Rivière-du-Loup. Stations * La Pocatière - CHOX- ...

, it broadcasts on 93.3

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with an

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of 18,197

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s using an omnidirectional antenna ( class C1). The station had a

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under the ''FM 93'' branding; although some programming from

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-owned

CHMP-FM CHMP-FM (98.5 MHz) is a French language talk radio station serving the Greater Montreal Area and licensed to the off-Island suburb of Longueuil. Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts a ...

and

CKOI-FM :For the CKOI radio network, see ''CKOI (network)''. CKOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Verdun, Quebec and serving the Greater Montreal area, airing a CHR/Top 40 radio format. Owned and operated by Cogeco, CKOI-FM bro ...

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was aired. It is now a relay for the programming of CHMP-FM, with the exception of local shows airing in the morning, lunch and afternoon segments. The station received CRTC approval in 2006 and went on the air on October 9, 2007 at 7 a.m.; part of its programming comes from the Cogeco Diffusion network. The station's original

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(as assigned in November 2006) was CIEL-FM-6, but it was changed to CFYX-FM in May 2007. On December 11, 2008, the station was authorized by the CRTC to add a rebroadcaster on 103.1 FM in Rivière-du-Loup. On July 6, 2011, the station applied to add a new FM transmitter at

Amqui Amqui () is a town in eastern Quebec, Canada, at the base of the Gaspé peninsula in Bas-Saint-Laurent. Located at the confluence of the Humqui and Matapédia Rivers, it is the seat of La Matapédia Regional County Municipality. The main access r ...

. The proposed transmitter in Amqui was to be operated at 92.7 MHz; the application was withdrawn on September 23, 2011. On February 28, 2012 at 5:30pm, station management had shut down the station; executives deemed the station unprofitable. The station was put back on air on July 10, 2013.

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CFYX 93CFYX-FM history - Canadian Communication Foundation
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