CKII-FM is a

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which broadcasts

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programming at 101.3

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( FM) in

Dolbeau-Mistassini Dolbeau-Mistassini is a town in northern Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Mistassibi River, Riviere aux Rats and the Mistassini River, on Lac Saint-Jean. Dolbeau-Mistassini is in the Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality and is ...

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, Canada. On June 15, 2001, a local

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group, Alliance Autochtone Local 30 Mistassini, won approval of its application by the

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. The station originally was licensed to broadcast on 89.9 MHz, but would later relocate to 101.3 MHz, with an effective radiated power of 250 watts. The station would commence broadcasting September 17, 2003. The station's format included programming for the local

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community from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight, and travelers' information for the

Lac-Saint-Jean Lac-Saint-Jean () is a federal electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, northeast Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2004, and has been represented since 2015. Demographics :' ...

region at other hours. The station would close in August 2011 after plans to sell the station to a local public access channel, Télévision locale Dolbeau-Mistassini (TVLDM), fell through. On April 11, 2014, another group, Société d'information Lac-St-Jean, received approval from the CRTC to reactivate 101.3 as a French-language community FM radio station, with an effective radiated power of 395 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 28.2 metres). As part of the license, TVLDM would assist in the operation of the station and the training of the station's employees and volunteers.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-177
French-language community radio station in Dolbeau-Mistassini, ''CRTC'', April 11, 2014 The station's callsign will be CKIW-FM.

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* * Kii Kii Radio stations established in 2003 2003 establishments in Quebec Dolbeau-Mistassini {{Quebec-radio-station-stub