CIRB was a
radio station which operated on the frequency of 1240
kHz
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AM in
Lac-Etchemin, Quebec
Lac-Etchemin is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,028 as of 2021. It takes its name from Etchemin Lake ...
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Canada. The station was owned by Radio Beauce Inc., and broadcast at a power of 1,000 watts at all times.
History
On November 18, 1975, the
CRTC denied Radio Beauce an AM rebroadcaster at Lac-Etchemin for its
Saint-Georges station,
CKRB
CKRB-FM ''(Cool FM 103,5)'' is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saint-Georges, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Radio Beauce, a subsidiary of Groupe Radio Simard, it broadcasts on 103.5 MHz with an effective radiated power ...
1460; the rebroadcaster was to have operated on 920 kHz with 1,000 watts. Radio Beauce would receive approval in 1976 for a new AM station at Lac-Etchemin, this time at 1240 kHz with a daytime power of 1,000 watts and night-time power of 250 watts; as in the initial application, programming would originate with CKRB, with four hours of local programming daily for the Lac-Etchemin area. CIRB signed on the air on October 16, 1977.
On December 13, 1984, Radio Beauce received approval to increase CIRB's night power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts.
Closure
On May 14, 1991, Radio Beauce received approval for the revocation of the licence of CIRB, following accusations that the station was not meeting its music quotas, in which the station voluntarily decided to cease broadcasting and have its license revoked instead.
Decision CRTC 91-310
Revocation of CIRB, ''CRTC'', May 14, 1991.
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Radio stations established in 1977
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