CIKI-FM is a

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Canadian

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located in

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. Owned and operated by

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, it broadcasts on 98.7 MHz using a

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with an average

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of 41,300

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s and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts ( class C). It also operates a relay, oddly named CIKI-FM-2 (since there is no station or relay with the

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CIKI-FM-1), in

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, near

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, on 93.9 MHz using an

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with an effective radiated power of 750 watts ( class A). 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 received

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approval in 1986 to broadcast on 104.5 MHz, which was changed to its current frequency at 98.7 FM prior to the station signing on the air.Decision CRTC 87-880
/ref> It started operations as a sister station to CFLP (now

CJOI-FM CJOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Rimouski, Quebec. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it broadcasts on 102.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 33,600 watts ( class B) using an omnidirectional antenna. The stat ...

102.9) in 1988. CIKI initially became part of the Énergie network in 1989, but this affiliation ended in 2001 as then-owner

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ended its agreement with Astral Media (owner of the Énergie network). The station then adopted imaging similar to that of

CKOI-FM :For the CKOI radio network, see '' CKOI (network)''. CKOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Verdun, Quebec and serving the Greater Montreal area, airing a CHR/Top 40 radio format. Owned and operated by Cogeco, CKOI- ...

in Montreal, until the station was, along with four other FM stations, transferred to Astral Media in exchange for six AM stations. Astral Media reintroduced the station in the Énergie network in June 2005, a few weeks after becoming the new owner. The station became part of the new

NRJ NRJ (NRJ is an acronym read as Nouvelle Radio Jeune, or ''énergie'' in French, pronounced , literally "energy") is a private French radio station created by Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini in June 1981, and was widely popularized th ...

network in August 2009, with the rest of the Énergie network of stations.

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Énergie 98.7
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