- CJBR-FM
Infobox Radio Station
name = CJBR-FM
airdate = 1937
"(moved to FM in 2001)"
frequency = 89.1 MHz (FM)
city =Rimouski ,Quebec
area = | format =public broadcasting
owner =Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
erp = 38.8 kW (peak)
branding =Première Chaîne
slogan =
class = C1
website = [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/indexPc.html La Première Chaîne]
callsign_meaning = Canada Jules Brillant RimouskiCJBR-FM is a French-language Canadian
radio station located inRimouski ,Quebec .Owned and operated by the (government-owned)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French : Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 89.1 MHz using adirectional antenna with an averageeffective radiated power of 19,400watt s and a peak effective radiated power of 38,800 watts (class C1).The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the
Première Chaîne network, which operates across Canada. Like all other Première Chaîne stations, but unlike most FM stations, CJBR-FM broadcasts in mono.Previously known as CJBR when the station was on the AM band on 900
kHz , the station moved to FM in 2001. It is one of the few CBC/SRC stations to not have acall sign beginning with "CB-", as it was originally a privately owned station; CJBR was an affiliate of Radio-Canada from the station's opening in 1937 until it was bought by Radio-Canada in 1977. The call sign CJBR stands for "Canada Jules Brillant Rimouski" (Jules Brillant being the founder of the station). When it bought the station in 1977 from Telemedia (who acquired Brillant's broadcasting properties in 1970), Radio-Canada initially wanted to change the call sign to CBSL, but this plan was discarded after a petition was circulated against this change. A new private radio station, CFLP (nowCJOI-FM ) was opened in Rimouski the following year.The station originally broadcasted on 1030 kHz with 1,000 watts. On March 29, 1941, the station moved to 900 kHz. Power was increased to 5,000 watts fulltime in 1947, and to 10,000 watts fulltime in 1956. The AM transmitter was shut down on September 6, 2001 at 9 AM. Its FM
sister station , originally called CJBR-FM, had to change its own call sign toCBRX-FM .CJBR-FM operates only one relay station, namely CJBR-FM-1 in
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec . That station opened in 1992 and operates on 89.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (class C) using anomnidirectional antenna . Listeners west of the area are served byQuebec City stationCBV-FM and its relays, and listeners east of the area are served byMatane stationCBGA-FM and its relays.External links
*fr [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/indexPc.html Première Chaîne]
* [http://radio-canada.ca/regions/bas-st-laurent/dossiers/histoire1_3542.shtml Histoire de CJBR-FM]
*RecnetCanada|CJBR-FM
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