CFIN-FM

CFIN-FM
City Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, Canada
Branding Passion FM
Frequency 100.5 Mhz
First air date 1992
ERP 9.6 kWs
HAAT 206 meters (676 ft)
Class B
Owner Radio Bellechasse

CFIN-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec.

It broadcasts on 100.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 9,600 watts (class B) using an omnidirectional antenna.

The station has a variety format and operates under a community radio licence. CFIN-FM received approval in 1991 [1] and went on the air in 1992.[2][3] One of their most famous shows was the weekly "Son Noir des Nuits Blanches", mainly a classic-rock show broadcast on Saturday nights from midnight to 2 A.M. from 1993 to 1998.

CFIN-FM operates four rebroadcasters. The most powerful one, CFIN-FM-1, is located in Armagh,[4] and broadcasts on 103.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 1,390 watts (class A) using an omnidirectional antenna. The other ones all broadcast on 105.5 MHz using a directional antenna with a peak effective radiated power of 50 watts (class LP); these rebroadcasters are:

The call sign CFIN-FM was previously used by an unrelated defunct private station[6] in Coaticook which operated from 1984 to 1987.[7] That station had to close after the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission refused to renew its licence.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Decision CRTC 91-123
  2. ↑
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Decision CRTC 96-633
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-192
  6. ↑ CFIN-FM Coaticook, Quebec (left the air) CCF
  7. ↑ Decision CRTC 88-833
  8. ↑ Decision CRTC 87-756

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Coordinates: 46°24′41″N 70°35′42″W / 46.41139°N 70.59500°W / 46.41139; -70.59500

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