CJRM-FM (Montreal)
| Defunct | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 98.5MHz |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | French |
| Format | Classical music |
| History | |
First air date | September 30, 1965 |
Last air date | June 24, 1968 |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
CJRM-FMwas aFrench-languageCanadianradio stationlocated inMontreal,Quebec.It opened on September 30, 1965, and closed on June 24, 1968, due to financial difficulties.[1]
The station broadcast on 98.5MHzwith aneffective radiated powerof 100,000wattsusing anomnidirectional antenna(class C1). It had aclassical musicformat.
Licensed as one of the first standaloneFMstations in Canada, the station's budget was so tight that it had only four employees (which was unusual at the time for a radio station), and it relied entirely on newspapers as a source for news bulletins. The station was plagued with serious technical and financial difficulties; listeners received the station with indifference.
One consequence of the failure of CJRM-FM to succeed with its classical music format was that theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission(CRTC) rejected for decades new applications to open a private classical music station in Montreal.[2]When the CRTC finally gave Jean-Pierre Coallier permission to openCJPX-FMin 1997, that station would turn out to be a success.
The 98.5 MHz frequency was reactivated in the Montreal area on April 9, 1977, when CIEL-FM (nowCHMP-FM) went on the air.
References
[edit]- ^"Quelques notes chronologiques sur la radio".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-04-06.Retrieved2008-08-29.
- ^Suzanne Colpron. "Une licence pour imprimer de l'argent",La Presse,September 28, 1996.
External links
[edit]- CJRM-FMat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
