CIRA-FM
City | Montreal, Quebec |
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Branding | Radio Ville-Marie |
Frequency | 91.3 MHz |
First air date | 1994 |
Format | Religious |
Language(s) | French |
ERP |
36.2 kilowatts horizontal polarization only |
HAAT | 242.5 meters (796 ft) |
Class | C1 |
Owner | Radio Ville-Marie |
Website | Radio VM Website |
CIRA-FM is a French language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec. Its studios are located at 5000 d'Iberville street in the Plateau Mont-Royal district of Montreal.
It broadcasts on 91.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 36,200 watts (class C1) using an omnidirectional antenna located atop Mount Royal. Radio Ville-Marie received CRTC approval in 1994 to operate a new religious French-language FM radio programming at Montreal.[1]
This radio station is Catholic and has a religious broadcasting format. Since its inception in 1995 it identifies itself as "Radio Ville-Marie". CIRA-FM is not a commercial broadcaster and as such does not carry paid advertising.
Transmitters
In addition to the Montreal station on 91.3 FM, CIRA-FM also broadcasts on the following frequencies:
- CIRA-FM-1: Sherbrooke (100.3 FM) (licensed to Radio-Soleil-Estrie as a separate radiocommunication distribution undertaking) - launched September 20, 1998 [2]
- CIRA-FM-2: Trois-Rivières (89.9 FM) - launched September 9, 2005 [3]
- CIRA-FM-3: Victoriaville (89.3 FM) - launched January 5, 2006 [4]
- CIRA-FM-4: Rimouski (104.1 FM)
A transmitter for Canada's National Capital Region, CIRA-5 (1350 AM) in Gatineau, was on the air from 2012 to 2015. That transmitter received CRTC approval on September 23, 2009.[5] In 2015, CIRA-5 was shutdown due to lack of money to keep that transmitter going. CIRA's FM transmitters remain unaffected with CIRA-5's shutdown. The 1350 AM frequency was a former frequency that was used by CHVR in Pembroke, Ontario, until it moved to FM in 1996.
References
External links
- www.radiovm.com
- CIRA history - Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CIRA
Coordinates: 45°30′20″N 73°35′30″W / 45.50556°N 73.59167°W