CKGS-FM is a

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located in Saguenay,

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. The station serves the borough of

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. Owned and operated by Arsenal Media (formerly Attraction Radio), it broadcasts on 105.5

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with an

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of 6,000

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s ( class A). The station has a

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format. It is better known to be the home of controversial host

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since November 2010. The station was originally licensed by the

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(CRTC) in March 2007.CRTC Decision 2007-95
/ref> However, because the applicant had requested the 99.9 FM frequency, which was

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CKAJ-FM CKAJ-FM is a French language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec. Owned and operated by La Radio Communautaire du Saguenay, it broadcasts on 92.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 14,164 watts ( class B) using an omnidirect ...

's newly licensed

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on 99.7, the license was made conditional on the applicant submitting a new application for the use of a different frequency. CKGS-FM has later submitted an application to use 105.5 MHz, which was approved by the CRTC in August 2008. On August 2, 2010, CKGS-FM applied to the CRTC to add a transmitter at

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which would operate at 105.9 MHz. This application was denied on December 13, 2010. On July 3, 2012, 9202-1617 Québec inc. received approval from the CRTC to change CKGS-FM's frequency to 105.7; as of December 2014, the station has yet to relocate its signal to the new frequency. That same year, the station would be sold to its current owners, Attraction Radio. According to the stations' website, CKGS-FM still remains at 105.5 as of 2016. In November 2014, it was announced that CKGS-FM and sister station CKRS-FM (now CILM-FM) would join

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Rythme FM Rythme FM is a network of French-language adult contemporary FM radio stations broadcasting in most major markets of Quebec. The network was created and owned by Cogeco. History The brand "Rythme FM" was introduced in January 1999 at CFGL-FM ...

network starting February 9, 2015; this followed the CRTC's approval of CKRS's format change, which sought an Adult Contemporary format and a reduction in local talk programming.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-612, November 26, 2014.
/ref> In August 2018, Attraction Radio abandoned the Rythme FM network affiliation for an in-house branding "O". CKGS-FM would break the simulcast of CILM-FM on September 17, 2019, when it adopted the Country-Western format as ''Hit Country 105,5''. Cogeco would acquire CILM-FM in April 2022, with that station rejoining Rythme FM soon after.

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