CJBR-FM

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CJBR-FM
City of license	Rimouski, Quebec
Branding	Première Chaîne
Frequency	89.1 MHz (FM)
First air date	1937 (moved to FM in 2001)
Format	public broadcasting
ERP	38.8 kW (peak)
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	Canada Jules Brillant Rimouski
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website	La Première Chaîne

CJBR-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Rimouski, Quebec.

Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 89.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 19,400 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 38,800 watts (class C1).

The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Première Chaîne network, which operates across Canada. Like all other Première Chaîne stations, but unlike most FM stations, CJBR-FM broadcasts in mono.

Previously known as CJBR when the station was on the AM band on 900 kHz, the station moved to FM in 2001. It is one of the few CBC/SRC stations to not have a call sign beginning with "CB-", as it was originally a privately owned station; CJBR was an affiliate of Radio-Canada from the station's opening in 1937 until it was bought by Radio-Canada in 1977. The call sign CJBR stands for "Canada Jules Brillant Rimouski" (Jules Brillant being the founder of the station). When it bought the station in 1977 from Telemedia (who acquired Brillant's broadcasting properties in 1970), Radio-Canada initially wanted to change the call sign to CBSL, but this plan was discarded after a petition was circulated against this change. A new private radio station, CFLP (now CJOI-FM) was opened in Rimouski the following year.

The station originally broadcast on 1030 kHz with 1,000 watts. On March 29, 1941, the station moved to 900 kHz. Power was increased to 5,000 watts full-time in 1947, and to 10,000 watts full-time in 1956. The AM transmitter was shut down on September 6, 2001 at 9 AM. Its FM sister station, originally called CJBR-FM, had to change its own call sign to CBRX-FM.^[1]

CJBR-FM operates only one relay station, namely CJBR-FM-1 in Rivière-du-Loup. That station opened in 1992 and operates on 89.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (class C) using an omnidirectional antenna.^[2] Listeners west of the area are served by Quebec City station CBV-FM and its relays, and listeners east of the area are served by Matane station CBGA-FM and its relays.

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v t e Radio stations in Quebec's Bas-Saint-Laurent region

Rivière-du-Loup	CJBR 89.5 CBRX 90.7 CIEL 103.7/93.9 CIBM 107.1

Rimouski	CJBR 89.1 CKMN 96.5 CIKI 98.7 CBRX 101.5 CJOI 102.9 CIRA-FM-4 104.1

Matane	CHOE 95.3 CFVM 99.9 CBGA 102.1 CHRM 105.3 CBRX 107.5

Other areas	CIEL-FM-4 93.9 (Trois-Pistoles) CFVD 95.5 (Dégelis) CHOX 97.5 (La Pocatière)

Defunct	CFYX 93.3 (Rimouski) CION 103.7 (Rivière-du-Loup)

Quebec radio markets Abitibi-Témiscamingue Bas-Saint-Laurent Centre-du-Québec Chaudière-Appalaches Côte-Nord Gaspésie Gatineau Laurentides Mauricie Montreal Nord-du-Québec Quebec City Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Sherbrooke/Estrie See also List of radio stations in Quebec Northern New Brunswick Radio Northern Maine Radio

v t e SRC radio stations in Canada

Ici Radio-Canada Première	CBAF-15 Charlottetown CHFA Edmonton CBAF-5 Halifax CBGA Matane CBAF Moncton CBF Montreal CBOF Ottawa CBV Quebec City CBKF Regina CJBR Rimouski CHLM Rouyn-Noranda CBJ Saguenay CBSI Sept-Îles CBF-10 Sherbrooke CBON Sudbury CJBC Toronto CBF-8 Trois-Rivières CBUF Vancouver CBEF Windsor CKSB Winnipeg

Ici Radio-Canada Musique	CBCX Calgary CBAX Halifax CBAL Moncton CBFX Montreal CBOX Ottawa CBVX Quebec City CBRX Rimouski CBJX Saguenay CBBX Sudbury CJBC Toronto CBUX Vancouver CKSB Winnipeg

Former private affiliates	CFRG Gravelbourg CFLM La Tuque CFNS Saskatoon CFBR Sudbury CKLD Thetford Mines CFCL Timmins CFDA Victoriaville CKVM Ville-Marie

See also	Bande à part Sports extra CBC Radio 3 CBC radio stations Weatheradio Canada Radio Canada International CBC North

Coordinates: 48°19′40″N 68°50′07″W / 48.32778°N 68.83528°W / 48.32778; -68.83528

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