CJMT was a

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which operated at 1420

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on the AM band in

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, Quebec, Canada.

History

In 1953, the station's founder, J. O. Masse, submitted his initial application, for a 250-watt French-language AM station on 1450 kHz in Chicoutimi. However, the application was rejected by the

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, which at the time regulated all broadcasting in Canada. Later that year, Masse, along with his partners G. Demers and L. Lagace, each submitted its own application for a new station, each having suggested their own frequency. However, the CBC rejected all applications, but at a later meeting, the CBC granted Masse a license for the submitted parameters, while rejecting applications from the other parties. The station signed on as CJMT on February 28, 1954, carrying no network programming. In 1958, CJMT relocated its frequency from 1450 kHz to 1420 kHz and increased power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts, using a single directional antenna pattern for day and night operation. CJMT later received approval to operate a standby transmitter. Over the years, the station went through different formats, owners and technical upgrades. On August 23, 1994, CJMT had its licence renewed from September 1, 1994 to August 31, 1996.

Closure

On September 30, 1994,

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and Radiomutuel merged their AM operations because they could no longer afford to compete with each other. As a result, they closed CJMT, along with CJMS

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CJRP ''For the radio station in Saint John, New Brunswick, see CJRP-FM.'' CJRP was a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec. It operated from 1959 to 1994. The station broadcast on 1060 kHz, using a daytime power of 5 ...

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, CJRS

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, CJTR

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and

CKCH CKCH was a radio station which operated at 970 kHz on the AM band in Hull, Quebec, Canada from 1933 to 1994. CKCH was also the original call sign of Ottawa radio station CNRO (later known as CBO) from February 27 to July 15, 1924 History On Ju ...

Hull. All six stations left the air on this date and the licenses were turned in to the CRTC, which revoked the licences on November 2, 1994.Decision CRTC 94-846
Revocation of CJMT Chicoutimi, Quebec, November 2, 1994

References

External links

CJMT
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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