- CJMS (AM)
Infobox Radio Station
name = CJMS
airdate =April 25 ,1999
frequency = 1040kHz (AM)
area =Saint-Constant, Quebec
format =Country music
owner = Alexandre Azoulay
erp = 10,000Watt s (day)
5,000Watt s (night)
branding = "CJMS 1040 AM"
slogan = "La radio au coeur du country"
class = B
website = http://www.cjms1040.com
callsign_meaning = Canada Je Me Souviens|CJMS is a
French language Canadianradio station located in Saint-Constant,Quebec (nearMontreal ).It broadcasts on 1040
kHz with a daytime power of 10,000Watt s and a nighttime power of 5,000 Watts as a class B station, using adirectional antenna with the same directional pattern day and night to protect WHO inDes Moines, Iowa . It transmits from the same site CKGM used when it was on 980 kHz.The station has a format which is part-time
country music and part-time talk andinfomercial s. While the station identifies itself as "CJMS Country 1040", it is generally viewed as a talk/infomercial station which airs country music in non-key dayparts.CJMS has no direct link whatsoever with the old CJMS 1280 which closed on
September 30 ,1994 . Thecall sign CJMS was chosen as the original plan was to use the 1280 kHz frequency, which was allocated instead by theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to multilingual station CFMB. Despite this, CJMS deliberately went on the air onApril 25 ,1999 , 45 years to the day after the original CJMS began operations.External links
* [http://www.cjms1040.com/ CJMS Country 1040 official website]
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