CFIN-FM

{{short description|Radio station in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = CFIN-FM

| logo = File:CFIN PassionFM logo.jpg

| city = Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, Canada

| area =

| branding = Passion FM

| language =

| airdate = 1992

| frequency = 100.5 MHz

| erp = 9.6 kWs

| haat = {{convert|206|meters}}

| class = B

| webcast =

| website =

| owner = Radio Bellechasse

}}

CFIN-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec.

It broadcasts on 100.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 9,600 watts (class B) using an omnidirectional antenna.

The station has a variety format and operates under a community radio licence. CFIN-FM received approval in 1991 [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1991/DB91-123.HTM Decision CRTC 91-123] and went on the air in 1992.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfin-fm.com/Bilan-souper-annuel-2007-Cfin.html |title=BILAN souper annuel 2007 CFIN, radio, Bellechasse, Etchemins |access-date=2007-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615130209/http://www.cfin-fm.com/Bilan-souper-annuel-2007-Cfin.html |archive-date=2007-06-15 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfin-fm.com/allocution-marcel-asselin.html |title=ALLOCUTION Marcel Asselin, cfin fm, radio, Bellechasse, Etchemins |access-date=2007-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124951/http://www.cfin-fm.com/allocution-marcel-asselin.html |archive-date=2007-09-29 |url-status=dead }} One of their most famous shows was the weekly "Son Noir des Nuits Blanches", mainly a classic-rock show broadcast on Saturday nights from midnight to 2 A.M. from 1993 to 1998.

CFIN-FM operates four rebroadcasters. The most powerful one, CFIN-FM-1, is located in Armagh,[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1996/DB96-633.HTM Decision CRTC 96-633] and broadcasts on 103.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 1,390 watts (class A) using an omnidirectional antenna. The other ones all broadcast on 105.5 MHz using a directional antenna with a peak effective radiated power of 50 watts (class LP); these rebroadcasters are:

• CFIN-FM-2 in Saint-Malachie,
• CFIN-FM-3 in Saint-Anselme and
• CFIN-FM-4 in Saint-Jean-d'Orléans. Their average effective radiated power is respectively 34, 32 and 35 watts.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2004/db2004-192.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-192]

The call sign CFIN-FM was previously used by an unrelated defunct private station{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=1274&historyID=1237 |title=CFIN-FM Coaticook, Quebec (left the air) CCF |access-date=2009-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611042932/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=1274&historyID=1237 |archive-date=2011-06-11 |url-status=dead }} in Coaticook which operated from 1984 to 1987.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1988/DB88-833.HTM Decision CRTC 88-833] That station had to close after the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission refused to renew its licence.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1987/DB87-756.HTM Decision CRTC 87-756]

The station is a member of the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec.