CIME-FM
Radio station in Saint-Jérôme
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::summary Radio station in Saint-Jérôme ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | CIME-FM |
| logo | CIME 103.9 101.3 logo.svg |
| city | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec |
| area | Laurentides |
| Montreal (northern suburbs & city's north end) | |
| branding | CIME 103,9 et 101,3 |
| airdate | |
| frequency | 103.9 MHz (FM) |
| repeater | |
| language | French |
| format | Hot adult contemporary |
| haat | 180.2 meters |
| erp | 11,700 watts (average) |
| 39,300 watts (peak) | |
| class | C1 |
| callsign_meaning | "cime", French word for mountain peak |
| owner | Cogeco |
| licensee | Diffusion Métromédia CMR Inc. |
| affiliations | Rythme FM (2012–2016) |
| webcast | Listen Live |
| website | laurentides.cime.fm |
| :: |
| name = CIME-FM | logo = CIME 103.9 101.3 logo.svg | city = Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | country = CA | area = Laurentides Montreal (northern suburbs & city's north end) | branding = CIME 103,9 et 101,3 | airdate = | frequency = 103.9 MHz (FM) | repeater = | language = French | format = Hot adult contemporary | haat = 180.2 meters | erp = 11,700 watts (average) 39,300 watts (peak) | class = C1 | callsign_meaning = "cime", French word for mountain peak | owner = Cogeco | licensee = Diffusion Métromédia CMR Inc. | affiliations = Rythme FM (2012–2016) | webcast = Listen Live | website = laurentides.cime.fm
CIME-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, about 40 km north of Montreal.
Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 103.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 11,700 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 39,300 watts (class C1).
The station has an adult top 40 format under the CIME branding.
The station also operates two rebroadcasters : a low-power one (CIME-FM-1) in Val-Morin, on 102.9 using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 4 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 14 watts (class LP), and a stronger one (CIME-FM-2) in Mont-Tremblant, on 101.3 with an effective radiated power of 800 watts (class B) using an omnidirectional antenna. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/CIME-FM.png" caption="longtime Corus-era CIME logo; used until August 2011"] ::
CIME-FM opened on March 25, 1977, and originally had a middle of the road format, which gradually evolved over time to a more traditional hot adult contemporary format and currently it is an adult contemporary station.
CIME-FM was originally located in Sainte-Adèle, about 70 kilometres north of Montreal, and had a 50,000 watts omnidirectional signal on 99.5 MHz. The station moved to Saint-Jérôme in mid-1998, at the same time that it moved to 103.9 and inaugurated its 101.3 relay (the smaller 102.9 one was operational since the beginning). These changes in frequencies were a result of a deal to allow the 99.5 to be used in Montreal for the new CJPX-FM. As a result, CIME-FM can only be heard now in parts of Montreal itself, but has a better coverage in their targeted area (the Laurentides region).
The station is especially famous or infamous (depending on the point of view) for its now-discontinued practices of airing subliminal messages intended to induce relaxation at night and using a system of audio tones as a mosquito repellent.
On December 17, 2010, the CRTC approved the sale of most of Corus Entertainment's radio stations in Quebec, including CIME-FM, to Cogeco. The sale closed February 1, 2011, and by August 2011, the station adopted the tri-oval Rythme FM logo on CIME-FM; however the CIME branding and hot adult contemporary stayed because of the adult contemporary format already heard on nearby flagship and sister station CFGL-FM Laval. As a result, programming is different, save for majority of nighttime programming, which largely simulcasts CFGL-FM.
On August 22, 2016, the station left the Rythme network and adopted a new slogan: "La Couleur Musicale des Laurentides".
References
References
- [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1985/DB85-597.htm Decision CRTC 85-597]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060221204749/http://www.odxa.on.ca/archives/timelinebc.html Canadian Broadcast Timeline by Colin Miller, Ontario DX Association]
- [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-942.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-942]
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