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CIPC-FM

Coordinates: 50°10′29″N 66°44′34″W / 50.17472°N 66.74278°W / 50.17472; -66.74278
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CIPC-FM
Broadcast areaSept-Îles, Quebec
Frequency99.1 MHz (FM)
Branding0 99.1
Programming
Language(s)French
Ownership
OwnerAttraction Radio.
History
First air date
1976 (AM)
1993 (FM)
Former frequencies
710 kHz
Call sign meaning
CIPort-Cartier
Technical information
ClassC1
ERPhorizontal polarization only:
18.766 kWs average
45.016 kWs peak
HAAT233 meters (764 ft)
Links
Websiteo991.ca

CIPC-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts on the frequency at 99.1 MHz on the FM band in Sept-Îles and Port-Cartier on the Côte-Nord, Quebec. The station mainly broadcasts Top 40 music and rock songs, it is part of the “O” network just like the stations CFJO-FM, CHOE-FM and CHEQ-FM. The studios are located at 106 rue Napoléon, bureau 400 in Sept-Îles, at the same address as the studio of its sister station CKCN-FM. The letters "PC" in its call sign refer to Port-Cartier.

Station history

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On February 14, 1974, Radio Sept-Îles Inc. (owner of CKCN Sept-Îles) received authorization to operate a new AM station in Port-Cartier. Two years later, on October 4, 1976, CIPC made its official arrival on the AM band at the frequency 710 kHz. The station which was owned by Radio Sept-Îles inc. passed into the hands of Radio Port-Cartier inc. in August 1982.

On September 24, 1993, the CRTC approved Radio Port-Cartier's application to convert CIPC from the AM band at 710 kHz to the FM band at 99.1 MHz.[1] CIPC made the transition to the FM band at the frequency 99.1 MHz in 1994. The station adopted a new format in 2009 focused on contemporary hits as 99.1 FM La Radioactive.

The station is authorised to broadcast at a maximum ERP (effective radiated power) of 45,016 watts; on June 8, 2010, the CRTC denied CIPC-FM's application to increase their maximum ERP to 100,000 watts, following opposition from competing stations CKCN-FM in Sept-Îles and CHLC-FM in Baie-Comeau.[2]

Attraction Radio acquires CKCN-FM in Sept-Îles and CIPC-FM in Port-Cartier in the summer of 2016. [3]

On August 30, 2017, it was announced that La Radioactive 99.1 will make way for a new musical format with a new branding by joining the “O” network. It will therefore become O 99.1. This change took place on September 8 of the same year. [4]

Former logos

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References

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  1. ^ Decision CRTC 93-621, New FM radio programming undertaking, CRTC, September 24, 1993
  2. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-353, CIPC-FM Port-Cartier – technical amendment, CRTC, June 8, 2010
  3. ^ Attraction Radio acquires two stations on the North Shore, Le Journal de Montréal, February 2, 2016 (archive)
  4. ^ La Radioactive will become O99,1, Le Nord-Côtier, August 30, 2017
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50°10′29″N 66°44′34″W / 50.17472°N 66.74278°W / 50.17472; -66.74278