CIQI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montmagny, Quebec.
The station has an hot adult contemporary formatNatacha Gilbert. "Groupe Radio Simard lance CiQi à Montmagny", Le Saint-Laurent Portage, September 16, 2011. and broadcasts on 90.3 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 17,460 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 41,600 watts (class B).Broadcasting database from Industry Canada (ZIP file)
CIQI-FM is owned and operated by Groupe Radio Simard.
History The station was authorized by the CRTC on August 26, 2008,Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-224, French-language FM radio station in Montmagny and transmitter in Saint-Fabien-de-Panet, CRTC, August 26, 2008 and only began testing on June 24, 2011Test message of CIQI-FM (MP3 file) This long delay was caused by the economic recession, and also by the fact that their transmitting equipment was vandalized on November 29, 2010.Diane Gendron. "Des actes criminels retardent la mise en onde de la station de radio à Montmagny", Le Peuple Côte-Sud, December 7, 2010. Regular programming began on September 6, 2011, at 4:40 p.m.CiQi FM est maintenant en ondes!
Montmagny was previously served by CFEL-FM, from 1987 until that station's move to Lévis in 2009, and by CKBM 1490, which closed due to a bankruptcy in 1983.CRTC proceedings from March 21, 2006 (in French), paragraph 3977.
On August 20, 2012, CIQI changed formats to hot adult contemporary.
On February 6, 2013, the CRTC approved Radio Montmagny inc.'s application to add a new FM transmitter at Saint-Fabien-de-Panet which will operate at 92.5 MHz (channel 223B) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 12,600 watts (maximum ERP of 17,500 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 123.1 meters).Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-46, CIQI-FM Montmagny – New transmitter in St-Fabien-de-Panet, CRTC, February 6, 2013 On April 4, 2017, Radio Montmagny inc. submitted another application to add an FM transmitter at 92.5 MHz in Saint-Fabien-de-Panet, Quebec.2017-0145-9
References
External links CiQi 90,3 FM CIQI-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation