NRJ (Canada)

NRJ

Type	Radio network
Country	Canada
Availability	Quebec
Slogan	La radio des hits (primary) Des hits qui arrachent (secondary)
Owner	Astral Media
Launch date	1994
Former names	Énergie (1994-2009)
Official website	www.radionrj.ca

NRJ (previously known as énergie) is a network of French-language contemporary hit radio 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 pop hits and cutting-edge programs, catering to a young adult audience. Although the flagship station is CKMF-FM Montreal, the 10 stations in the network usually have their own talent for each of their own markets. They are owned by Astral Media.

The énergie network's previous logo

Most, but not all, NRJ stations broadcast in the same markets as Astral's adult contemporary network RockDétente.

On July 6, 2009, Astral Media and European group NRJ Radio announced a deal to rebrand the Énergie network as "NRJ", effective August 24. (The French pronunciations of "NRJ" and "énergie" are nearly identical.) Astral will retain full ownership of the stations.^[1][2]

Energie² logo, available on Sirius

From 2006 to 2010, Astral also programmed a satellite radio channel, branded as Énergie², for broadcast on Sirius Canada and Sirius Satellite Radio, on channel 89. This channel offered essentially the same format as the terrestrial network, and was hosted by Richard Fortin and Nicolas Wilson. However, the Énergie brand was entirely discarded in September 2010, as Sirius Canada acquired the channel, dropped the English artists and renamed it as Latitude franco.

For the network, the Astral Media IDs usually use Astral's rock jingles from rock stations rather than Astral's jingle packages used on the contemporary hit radio stations such as CIBK-FM in Calgary or CHSU-FM in Kelowna.

Since the NRJ switch, the stations began airing bumpers saying "Pub...express" before almost every single commercial break, following the same lead as NRJ's outlets in France -- it is customary for radio and television stations in France to have bumpers identifying commercial breaks before and after the breaks.

Stations

Station ID	Frequency	City
CHIK-FM	98.9	Quebec City
CIGB-FM	102.3	Trois-Rivières
CIKI-FM	98.7	Rimouski
CIMO-FM	106.1	Sherbrooke
CJAB-FM	94.5	Saguenay
CJDM-FM	92.1	Drummondville
CJMM-FM	99.1	Rouyn-Noranda
CJMV-FM	102.7	Val-d'Or
CKMF-FM	94.3	Montreal
CKTF-FM	104.1	Gatineau / Ottawa

Slogans

• Pre-2009: Monte le son
• 2009-2011: Méchante radio (primary)
• 2009-Present: Des hits qui arrachent (secondary)
• 2011: La radio des hits

See also

• List of radio stations in Quebec

References

1. ^ NRJ is the new signature of Energie, the number one radio network in Quebec, Astral Media press release, July 6, 2009
2. ^ Ta station Énergie devient... ta station NRJ!, July 6, 2009

External links

• NRJ Canada (French)