CJWI

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CJWI
City of license	Montreal, Quebec
Branding	CPAM Radio Union
Frequency	1410 kHz (AM)
First air date	2002
Format	multilingual
Power	10,000 watts
Class	C
Transmitter coordinates	45°33′51.84″N 73°36′25.92″W / 45.5644000°N 73.6072000°W / 45.5644000; -73.6072000
Owner	Jean-Ernest Pierre
Website	CPAM Radio Union

CJWI is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.

Owned and operated by Jean-Ernest Pierre, an Haitian-born lawyer who immigrated to Canada in the late 1970s, CJWI used to broadcast on 1610 kHz with a power of 1,000 watts as a class C station, using an omnidirectional antenna. Because of its location on a sparsely populated extended band frequency, its signal has been heard by DXers everywhere in North America since it opened during the summer of 2002. The station received CRTC approval to operate a new French-language ethnic AM radio station in Montréal on November 7, 2001.^[1]

The station has a variety format targeting ethnic minorities, especially (but not exclusively) Haitian immigrants. For that reason, part of its programming is in Creole. It identifies itself as "CPAM Radio Union".

CJWI has the particularity of having its transmitter site on the top of a building, a rarity among AM stations. It uses a short Valcom fibreglass whip antenna mounted atop a warehouse located on Jarry Boulevard in Montreal, near Autoroute 40.

On May 20, 2009, CJWI applied to change its AM frequency from 1610 kHz to 1410 kHz and by increasing the transmitter power from 1,000 watts to 10,000 watts day and night. CJWI received CRTC approval to move from 1610 to 1410 kHz on October 26, 2009.^[2]

On April 28 2013, CJWI is simulcasting on both 1610 and 1410, which ended on or before June 3rd.^[3]

The 1410 transmitter site is at St-Constant close to the Autoroute 30 and uses a Nautel XR-12 solid state transmitter.

References

↑ Decision CRTC 2001-678
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-667
↑ CPAM change de fréquence on La Presse, consulted June 3rd, 2013

External links

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Montreal FM	CBME 88.5 CISM 89.3 CHDO 89.7 CKUT 90.3 CIRA 91.3 CKLX 91.9 CKBE 92.5 CBM 93.5 CKMF 94.3 CBF 95.1 CJFM 95.9 CKOI 96.9 CHOM 97.7 CJPX 99.5 CKVL 100.1 CBFX 100.7 CIBL 101.5 CINQ 102.3 CKDG 105.1 CKIN 106.3 CITE 107.3 Defunct CJRM-FM 98.5 CKAV-10 106.7

Adjacent communities	Acton Vale CFID 103.7 Akwesasne CKON 97.3 Châteauguay CHAI 101.9 Granby CFXM 104.9 Hudson/Saint-Lazare CHSV 106.7 Joliette CJLM 103.5 Kahnawake CKKI 89.9 CKRK 103.7 Laval CJLV 1570 CFGL 105.7 Longueuil CHMP 98.5 CHAA 103.3 Saint-Constant CJMS 1040 Saint-Hyacinthe CFEI 106.5 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu CFZZ 104.1 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield CKOD 103.1 Vaudreuil-Dorion CJVD 100.1 Defunct CHEF 1450 (Granby)

Specialty services	HMWN Radio Maria

Adjacent markets	North Country Region, NY Burlington VT / Plattsburgh NY Cornwall, ON

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