CIBL-FM
{{short description|Community radio station in Montreal}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo = CIBL 101,5 logo.png
| name = CIBL-FM
| airdate = April 26, 1980 (at 104.5 MHz)
| frequency = 101.5 MHz
| repeater =
| area = Greater Montreal
| format = community radio
| owner =
| licensee =
| power = 872 watts (maximum ERP 2,800 watts)
| haat = {{convert|192.5|m|ft|sp=us}}
| branding =
| sister_stations =
| affiliations =
| class = A
| coordinates =
| former_callsigns =
| former_frequencies = 104.5 MHz
| website = [https://www.cibl1015.com/ cibl1015.com]
| webcast = website stream online
| callsign_meaning =
}}
CIBL-FM (101.5 MHz) is a French-language community radio station located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It broadcasts using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 872 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 2,800 watts as a Class A station.[https://fccdata.org/?call=cibl&ccode=2&city=&state=&country=CA&cansvc=B&party= FCCdata.org/CIBL]
History
CIBL-FM opened on April 26, 1980.[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1982/C%20Radio%20All%20Other%20BC%20YB%201982%20All-4.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1982 page C-287] It originally operated on 104.5 MHz with 16 watts from the top of one of the pyramids of Montreal's Olympic Village. Its target audience at that time was the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district.
Its antenna and transmitter are now located on Olympic Stadium, and its signal covers the whole city since a power increase in 1991.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/DB90-224.HTM Decision CRTC 90-224]. Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, March 9, 1990. It is also known as a launch pad for several artists and radio personalities such as the late French language humor group Rock et Belles Oreilles and Télé-Québec's Marie-France Bazzo. One of its former general managers, Line Beauchamp, was a cabinet minister in the Jean Charest Liberal government.
File:CIBL 101,5 Montreal 01.jpg
In February 2012, the station moved to a new street-level studio in the 2-22 building at the corner of Saint Catherine Street and St-Laurent Street in the Quartier des Spectacles District of Montreal.
In January 2018, the station temporarily laid off all of its paid employees amid a financial restructuring effort.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/montreal-radio-station-cibl-fm-lays-off-all-its-employees/article37518059/ "Montreal radio station CIBL-FM lays off all its employees"]. The Globe and Mail, January 6, 2018.
The station is a member of the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec.
References
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External links
- [https://www.cibl1015.com/ cibl1015.com]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/quebec/quebec-montreal-laval-lanaudiere-laurentides-monteregie/CIBL-FM CIBL-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
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Category:Radio stations established in 1980
Category:1980 establishments in Quebec
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