CKMF-FM
Broadcast area | Greater Montreal |
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Frequency | 94.3 MHz (FM) |
Branding | Énergie 94.3 |
Programming | |
Format | Mainstream rock (French) |
Affiliations | Énergie |
Ownership | |
Owner | |
CFCF-DT, CHOM-FM, CITE-FM, CJAD, CJFM-FM, CKGM, CFJP-DT | |
History | |
First air date | May 11, 1964 |
Call sign meaning | "Modulation de Fréquence" (French for frequency modulation) |
Technical information | |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 41,400 watts |
HAAT | 297.4 meters (976 ft) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | iheartradio.ca/energie/energie-montreal |
CKMF-FM (94.3
CKMF-FM broadcasts with an
History
CJMS-FM (1964–1971)
The station
Early CKMF years (1971–1994)
The station moved in 1972 from its original facility at 1700 Berri Street in the
In November 1978, the station became Canada's first radio station with a disco music dedicated segment, heard most evenings (although Broadcasting Yearbook listed the station's full-time format as Disco). Because of Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) rules and the fact that CKMF is a French-language station, it was required to play mostly French-language songs. Therefore, English songs (mostly the disco tracks) were spread thinly across the broadcast schedule. The DJ who spun disco music for the first time on Montreal FM Radio was Robert (Bob) Ostiguy during his Saturday night dance show Style Libre (Free Style), heard from 1974 to 1976.
Later on, Michel Trahan began to include disco music during his afternoon
As was fictionalised in the 2010 Canadian film
The station relocated for a final time in 1981 to its current building at 1717 Rene-Levesque Boulevard East (then named Dorchester Boulevard). Its sister station CJMS also moved to the Dorchester/Rene-Levesque building. The move reunited the two stations in the same facility for the first time in a decade as CJMS had never relocated to Roy Street in the 1970s and had instead stayed on Berri ever since.
Radio Énergie and the Astral Takeover (1994–2009)
The Énergie name began to be used as CKMF transitioned from
When fourth-adjacent 95.1 CBF-FM increased its power to 100,000 watts (from 17,030 watts), CKMF planned its own a power increase to 75,000 watts. But the boost in power never took place as the expected interference from CBF-FM did not happen. However this plan was notified internationally, which explains why the United States Federal Communications Commission's FM Query webpage erroneous claims that CKMF-FM has a power of 75,000 watts.
From Énergie to NRJ and back again (2009-present)
The Énergie branding was discarded in August 2009 when Astral Media licensed the NRJ branding from a European broadcaster. CKMF's last song as "Énergie" was Pictures Of You by The Last Goodnight, seguing to the station's morning show as the station relaunched as "NRJ." The first song under the "NRJ" moniker was Beggin' by Madcon.
In 2010, the station became the French-language radio flagship of the Montreal Alouettes CFL football team. The contract was supposed to last until 2013.[3] Both parties were apparently satisfied at the end of the 2010 season.[4] But the contract was terminated as the Alouettes returned to 730 CKAC in time for the 2011 season.[5]
With the merger of Astral and Bell Media on July 5, 2013, CKMF, as well as all "NRJ" stations in Quebec, came under Bell Media ownership.
By 2011, CKMF began moving away from
Due to its high cost, Bell Media didn't renew the "NRJ" branding, and on August 24, 2015, all Quebec "NRJ" stations were rebranded back to the "Énergie" moniker, including CKMF. However, CKMF continued the modern rock format, whereas the other "Énergie" stations remained Adult Top 40.
In March 2016, CKMF shifted to
CKMF programming is simulcast on all "Énergie" stations around Quebec in the evening, overnights and weekend mornings.
Notes
- ^ Astral Communications inc. (2000-01-14). "Notice annuelle -- Exercice terminé le 31 août 1999" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
- ^ "Télé-Presse". La Presse. Montreal. 8 May 1971. p. 29.
- ^ "Les Alouettes déménagent à NRJ! - NRJ devient le radiodiffuseur officiel desmatches des Alouettes de Montréal".
- ^ "Les Alouettes à la radio: Un touché pour la station NRJ | Isabelle Massé | Médias et télécoms". Archived from the original on 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
- ^ "COGECO DIFFUSION | the Alouettes are back on CKAC Sports and the COGECO Network". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
External links
- Énergie 94.3
- CKMF-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CKMF-FM in the REC Canadian station database