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| Frequency | 91.9MHz |
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| Branding | WKND 91.9 (Weekend Radio 91.9) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Modern adult contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Leclerc Communication |
| CFEL-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | August 2003 |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 13,910watts average 31,000 watts peak |
| HAAT | 466.7 meters (1,531 ft) |
| Repeater(s) | 99.5CJPX-HD2 (Montreal) |
| Links | |
| Website | wknd.fm |
CJEC-FM (91.9MHz) is aFrench-languageCanadianradio station located inQuebec City, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Leclerc Communication, it broadcasts on 91.9MHz using adirectional antenna with an averageeffective radiated power of 13,910watts and a peak effective radiated power of 31,000 watts (class C1). The station's transmitter is located atMount Bélair. The station was licensed by theCRTC in 2002.[1]
The station has amodern adult contemporaryformat. Until May 2012, it was also a part ofCogeco'sadult contemporaryRythme FM network of stations across much of Quebec.
On April 30,2010, then-owner Cogeco announced it would purchaseCorus Quebec's radio stations.[2] The sale was approved by the CRTC on December 17, 2010, on the condition that CJEC-FM be sold to another party by December 2011.[3]
On November 9,2011, Cogeco announced a deal to sellCFEL-FM and CJEC-FM to Leclerc Communication Inc., a broadcaster owned by Jacques Leclerc, a local businessman who ownsLaura Secord Chocolates and Biscuits Leclerc.[4] The sale was approved by the CRTC on January 19 and completed on January 31,2012.[5] The stations were delisted from Cogeco Diffusion's website shortly thereafter.[6] For a time CJEC's website still identified the station as a Cogeco station, which was no longer true;[7] also, the station retained the Rythme FM name and simulcasted most of its networked Rythme FM programming from former sister stationCFGL-FM inMontreal. However, on May 21,2012 at 12 Midnight, Leclerc dropped the Rythme FM branding andadult contemporary programming from CJEC-FM, and began to identify itself asLe 91,9 FM Québec, playing a selection ofhot adult contemporary music without use of personalities—the station was relaunched asWKND 91.9 (pronounced on-air asWeekend Radio 91.9) on June 20, 2012, at 6PM. The station has moved away fromadult contemporary programming and shifted tomodern adult contemporary by adding somealternative rock artists to the playlist.
In April 2020, Leclerc acquired Montreal classical stationCJPX-FM, which previously simulcasted CJEC-FM's competitor,CJSQ-FM; in June of that year, that station would flip to an adult contemporary format asWKND 99.5,[8] breaking off the simulcast with CJSQ-FM.
The Rhythme FM branding and format would resurface on August 16, 2021, after Cogeco-ownedCFOM-FM changed its branding from "M 102.9".[9]
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