CJAB-FM is a

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Canadian

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located in Saguenay,

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. Its studios are located at Rue Racine Est in the former city of

Chicoutimi Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...

(co-located with sister stations

CFIX-FM CFIX-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec. Its studios are located at Rue Racine Est (co-located with sister stations CJAB-FM and Noovo owned-and-operated station CFRS-DT) in the former city of Chicoutimi. ...

and

Noovo Noovo is a Canadian French-language terrestrial television network owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. The network has five owned-and-operated and three affiliated stations throughout Quebec, although it can also be seen over-the-ai ...

owned-and-operated station

CFRS-DT CFRS-DT, virtual channel 4.1 (very high frequency, VHF digital terrestrial television, digital channel 13), is a Noovo owned-and-operated station, owned-and-operated television station city of license, licensed to Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay, Queb ...

), with its transmitter atop

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. Owned and operated by

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, it broadcasts on 94.5

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using a

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with a peak

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of 100,000

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s ( class C). The station has a

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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 started operations as a sister station to

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 ...

(now owned 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 ( ...

-affiliated Radio Saguenay since September 2010). The station has been part of the Énergie network since the early 1990s which operates across Quebec. CJAB started operations on May 10, 1979. The station was bought by Radiomutuel in 1992 (predecessor of Astral Media), along with then-sister station CKRS 98.3 (now owned by Cogeco-affiliated Radio Saguenay).

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