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| Frequency | 93.3MHz (FM) |
| Branding | FM 93 |
| Programming | |
| Format | talk radio/mainstream rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| CFOM-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | September 15,1979 |
Call sign meaning | CJMF = "Modulation deFréquence", French for "frequency modulation" (FM) |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 32,960watts |
| HAAT | 445 meters (1,460 ft) |
| Links | |
| Website | fm93.com |
CJMF-FM is aFrench-languageCanadianradio station located inQuebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Owned and operated byCogeco, it broadcasts on 93.3MHz with aneffective radiated power of 32,960watts (class C1) using anomnidirectional antenna. The station's transmitter is located atMount Bélair.
The station has a hybridtalk andmainstream rockformat and identifies itself asFM 93. Prior to September2009, the station was known asLe 93,3 with aclassic rock/talk format. The station's playlist, however, is heavy onclassic rock still.
CJMF-FM was the #1 station in the Quebec City market in the late 1980s, especially while it aired "Le Zoo" with Gilles Parent, Alain Dumas and Michel Morin, from 1984 to 1990.
On January 5, 2012, Cogeco applied with theCRTC to amend its license conditions to increase its talk programming to 75% of the schedule, with music filling the remainder. If approved, CJMF-FM plans to carrying talk programming from Monday to Friday, with its mainstream rock format restricted to weekends.[1][2][3] The CRTC approved the station's request on August 22, 2012, which allows the station to expand its spoken-word programming beyond the prior limits of 50%.[4]
In September 2012, it was announced that radio broadcasts of theLaval Rouge et Or and theQuebec Remparts will move to CJMF after the Remparts' owned-and-operated station,CHRC closed at the end of September.[5][6]
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