CFGL-FM

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Radio station in Laval, Quebec

title: "CFGL-FM" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cogeco-radio-stations", "french-language-radio-stations-in-quebec", "radio-stations-established-in-1968", "organizations-based-in-laval,-quebec", "radio-stations-in-montreal", "adult-contemporary-radio-stations-in-canada", "1968-establishments-in-quebec"] description: "Radio station in Laval, Quebec" topic_path: "geography/france" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFGL-FM" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radio station in Laval, Quebec ::

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Field	Value
logo	Rythme 105.7 logo 2022.svg
logo_size	200px
name	CFGL-FM
airdate
frequency	105.7 MHz
area	Greater Montreal
city	Laval, Quebec
language	French
format	Adult contemporary
affiliations	Rythme FM
owner	Cogeco
licensee	Cogeco Diffusion Acquisitions Inc.
sister_stations	CHMP-FM, CKAC, CKOI-FM, CKBE-FM
erp	41,000 watts
haat	297 m
branding	105.7 Rythme FM
class	C1
website	montreal.rythmefm.com
callsign_meaning	Grand Laval
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CFGL-FM (105.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station serving Greater Montreal, airing a French adult contemporary radio format. It is the flagship of the Rythme FM network, which operates across much of Quebec. The station is licensed to the off-Island suburb of Laval.

Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 41,000 watts as a Class C1 station, using an omnidirectional antenna atop Mount Royal, at 297 m in height above average terrain (HAAT). Studios and offices are on Boulevard Saint-Martin Est in Laval.

History

CFGL was founded in September 1968 by Jean-Pierre Coallier and Roland Saucier. It originally was powered at 100,000 watts but from a tower in Laval only 400 feet in height. It began as a French-language beautiful music station serving Laval and the suburbs north of Montreal. In the 1980s, the audience for the easy listening format began aging, so CFGL began adding more vocals in an effort to attract younger listeners. It made the full transition to French soft adult contemporary music in 1992.

In 1999, it switched to a French mainstream adult contemporary sound, known as Rythme FM. The move proved to be quite successful. CFGL became the top-rated French-language radio station in North America. It held that distinction until its sister station, French talk outlet CHMP-FM, overtook it in Fall 2011.

On May 17, 2017, CFGL-FM began broadcasting in HD Radio, offering a digital radio simulcast of its FM feed on its digital sideband, with room for potential expansion of subchannels in the future.

By 2019, the station returned to soft adult contemporary.

Notable hosts

Mitsou Gélinas, 2012 to 2021
Pierre Nadeau OC CQ, announcer circa 1979

References

[https://fccdata.org/?call=CFGL&ccode=2&city=&state=&country=CA&cansvc=B&party= FCCdata.org/CFGL-FM]
"Montreal.Rythmefm.com/contact".
[http://www.phonotheque.org/Hist-radio-anglo/English-stations-80-90.html English-stations-80-90]
[http://www.docstoc.com/docs/6295338/Hot_adult_contemporary Hot Adult Contemporary] ''DocStoc.com'' Retrieved 2010-04-28
Pierre-Luc Houle, [https://hollywoodpq.com/mitsou-accroche-son-micro-et-quitte-la-radio-apres-21-ans/ "Mitsou accroche son micro et quitte la radio après 21 ans"]. ''HollywoodPQ'', June 8, 2021.
(3 September 2019). "Le journaliste Pierre Nnadeau s'éteint à 82 ans". [[La Presse (Canadian newspaper).

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