CJVA-FM is a

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broadcasting in Caraquet,

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at 94.1

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( FM). CJVA-FM is owned and operated by Radio Acadie, Limitée.

History

On July 18, 1973, Dr. Alphee Michaud on behalf of a company to be incorporated was awarded a licence for a new AM station at Caraquet. The station officially began broadcasting on its original frequency at 810

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in 1977. In 1995, the station began receiving programs from

CKLE-FM CKLE-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station broadcasting in Bathurst, New Brunswick at 92.9 MHz. The station broadcasts a mix of adult contemporary, oldies and country with some news/ talk programming. History On July 20, 1987, Radio de ...

Bathurst, New Brunswick part-time. In 2014, Radio Acadie submitted an application to convert CJVA to 94.1 MHz. This application received approval by the CRTC on February 13, 2015.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-105
CJVA Caraquet – Technical changes, ''CRTC'', March 18, 2016 CJVA shutdown its old AM 810 transmitter on August 1, 2016. Programming would continue on CJVA-FM 94.1.

References

External links

CKLE-FM/CJVA-FM (in French)
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