CJPX-FM is a

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located in

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. Owned and operated by Leclerc Communication, it broadcasts on 99.5

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using an

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with an

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of 8,700

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s ( class B). It was previously owned and operated by Groupe Musique Greg, fronted by Montreal musician and radio personality

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. Its main studios were located in

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in the middle of the

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History

The station had a

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commercial

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at its inception on June 25, 1998. The station was the first successful commercial classical music station in Montreal, following the failure of CJRM-FM in 1968 and decades of reluctance since then by the

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to allow such a station to go on the air. It was conceived in the 'Top 40 classics' style of

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in France, or Classic FM in the UK. In December 2014, it was announced that CJPX and its

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would be sold to Groupe Musique Greg, a company founded by Charles. Charles' offer to buy the two stations came in response to rumours that former owner Jean-Pierre Coallier was looking to retire and sell them. The station was the only 24-hour source of mostly classical music in Montreal – including some jazz, with the two national CBC FM networks,

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and

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, switching around 2009 to a mix of classical,

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and other genres. CJPX-FM did mix in some occasional jazz, film music and chansons, in a limited amount. In 2015, retired former ''

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'' news anchor

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joined the station as a morning host. Other personalities include Charles, Marie-Ève Lamonde, François Paré and Marc Hervieux, plus Béatrice Zacharie and Jasmin Hains, both broadcasting from CJSQ-FM in Quebec City. On April 3, 2020, the CRTC approved the sale of CJPX-FM to Leclerc Communication for $4.89 million. Leclerc Communication had previously tried to acquire

CKLX-FM CKLX-FM (91.9 MHz) is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec. Owned and operated by RNC Media, it airs a sports talk format as flagship station of RNC's ''BPM Sports'' network. It is the French-language flagship st ...

and

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from

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, but called off the sale when the CRTC required it to divest a station. The new owner replaced the classical music programming with an adult contemporary one, branded as ''WKND 99.5'', in a similar format to Quebec City's sister station

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. Radio-Classique went off air on June 13, 2020.

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