CJRM-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 97.3
FM in
Labrador City
Labrador City is a town in western Labrador (part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador), near the Quebec border. With a population of 7,412 as of 2021, it is the second-largest population centre in Labrador, behind Happy Valley-Go ...
. It is a
francophone
French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the l ...
community radio
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station branded as ''Rafale FM''. Although still a licensed station, it has not broadcast regularly since 2015, due to a combination of technical and staffing problems.
On July 21, 2009, Radio communautaire du Labrador Inc. applied to add rebroadcasterrs in
La Grand'Terre (CKIP-FM 96.1) and
St. John's (CKIJ-FM 95.7). The
CRTC approved the applications on September 14, 2009. The St. John's transmitter is reported to have launched in April 2011.
The station is currently the only broadcasting service in the province that originates locally oriented programming for the
Franco-Newfoundlander community.
Radio-Canada
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's
Première Chaîne has four transmitters in the province, including Labrador City, St. John's and the Port au Port area, and
Espace Musique has a transmitter in St. John's, although those services rebroadcast stations from other provinces and do not originate any programming in Newfoundland and Labrador.
On November 22, 2012, Radio communautaire du Labrador received CRTC approval to change the authorized contours of CKIP-FM La Grand'Terre, by increasing the transmitter's average
ERP from 42 to 142 watts (maximum ERP of 250 to 632 watts) and to decrease the EHAAT from -17.6 to -37.6 metres.
The station is said to have stopped broadcasting "somewhere in 2015".
The station faced controversy in 2019 when it was revealed that the station had continued to bill and accept payment for advertising that it had not aired.
[ The CRTC announced an investigation into the allegations."Enquête sur Rafale FM : onde de choc pour l’industrie de la radiodiffusion"]
Ici Radio-Canada Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, April 16, 2019.
References
External links
Rafale FM*
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