CIKI-FM is a
French-language
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Canadian
radio station
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located in
Rimouski
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,
Quebec
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.
Owned and operated by
Bell Media
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Establishment (2011–13)
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, it broadcasts on 98.7
MHz
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using a
directional antenna
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with an average
effective radiated power
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of 41,300
watt
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s and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (
class C). It also operates a relay, oddly named CIKI-FM-2 (since there is no station or relay with the
call sign
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CIKI-FM-1), in
Sainte-Marguerite-Marie
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,
Quebec
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, near
Amqui
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, on 93.9 MHz using an
omnidirectional antenna
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with an effective radiated power of 750 watts (
class A).
The station has a
mainstream rock
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format
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and is part of the "
Énergie
Énergie is a Canadian radio network of French-language mainstream rock outlets broadcasting throughout the province of Quebec and portions of eastern Ontario, in Eastern Canada. They offer a personality-driven mix of francophone and anglophone c ...
" network which operates across Quebec. It received
CRTC
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approval in 1986 to broadcast on 104.5 MHz, which was changed to its current frequency at 98.7 FM prior to the station signing on the air.
Decision CRTC 87-880
/ref> It started operations as a sister station to CFLP (now CJOI-FM
CJOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Rimouski, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Bell Media, it broadcasts on 102.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 33,600 watts ( class B) using an omnidirectional antenna.
The sta ...
102.9) in 1988.
CIKI initially became part of the Énergie network in 1989, but this affiliation ended in 2001 as 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 ...
ended its agreement with Astral Media (owner of the Énergie network). The station then adopted imaging similar to that of 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 ...
in Montreal, until the station was, along with four other FM stations, transferred to Astral Media in exchange for six AM stations. Astral Media reintroduced the station in the Énergie network in June 2005, a few weeks after becoming the new owner. The station became part of the new NRJ
NRJ (NRJ is an acronym read as Nouvelle Radio Jeune, or ''énergie'' in French, pronounced , literally "energy") is a private French radio station created by Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini in June 1981, and was widely popularized than ...
network in August 2009, with the rest of the Énergie network of stations.
References
External links
Énergie 98.7
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Iki
IKI may refer to:
* Internationales Kulturinstitut in Vienna
* Iodine potassium-iodide, a chemical compound
* Russian Space Research Institute originally known as IKI RAN
* Iki Airport, IATA code
Iki or iki may refer to:
* Iki Island, a Japanese ...
Iki
IKI may refer to:
* Internationales Kulturinstitut in Vienna
* Iodine potassium-iodide, a chemical compound
* Russian Space Research Institute originally known as IKI RAN
* Iki Airport, IATA code
Iki or iki may refer to:
* Iki Island, a Japanese ...
Iki
IKI may refer to:
* Internationales Kulturinstitut in Vienna
* Iodine potassium-iodide, a chemical compound
* Russian Space Research Institute originally known as IKI RAN
* Iki Airport, IATA code
Iki or iki may refer to:
* Iki Island, a Japanese ...
Iki
IKI may refer to:
* Internationales Kulturinstitut in Vienna
* Iodine potassium-iodide, a chemical compound
* Russian Space Research Institute originally known as IKI RAN
* Iki Airport, IATA code
Iki or iki may refer to:
* Iki Island, a Japanese ...
Radio stations established in 1988
1988 establishments in Quebec