CJAB-FM

{{Infobox radio station

| name = CJAB-FM

| logo = Energie 94.5.png

| city = Saguenay, Quebec

| area = Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

| branding = Énergie 94.5

| airdate = May 10, 1979

| frequency = 94.5 MHz (FM)

| format = Mainstream rock (French)

| erp = 100,000 watts peak

| haat = {{convert|539.5|meters}}

| class = C

| former_frequencies = 96.7 MHz (1979 - 1983)

| affiliations = Énergie

| owner = Bell Media

| licensee = Bell Media Radio

| sister_stations = CFIX-FM, CFRS-DT

| webcast = [http://www.iheartradio.ca/energie/energie-saguenay/ Listen Live]

| website = [http://www.iheartradio.ca/energie/energie-saguenay/ iheartradio.ca/energie/energie-saguenay]

}}

CJAB-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec. Its studios are located at Rue Racine Est in the former city of Chicoutimi (co-located with sister stations CFIX-FM and Noovo owned-and-operated station CFRS-DT), with its transmitter atop Mount Valin.

Owned and operated by Bell Media, it broadcasts on 94.5 MHz using a directional antenna with a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (class C).

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File:CJAB - NRJ Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean 945.png

The station has a mainstream rock format and is part of the "Énergie" network which operates across Quebec. It started operations as a sister station to CKRS-FM (now owned by Cogeco-affiliated Radio Saguenay since September 2010).

History

CJAB-FM originally began broadcasting in 1979 at 96.7 MHz and later moved to its current frequency at 94.5 MHz in 1983. On November 5, 1981, CJAB-FM received CRTC approval add a rebroadcast FM transmitter at Chambord on 95.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 3,240 watts.

The station has been part of the Énergie network since the early 1990s which operates across Quebec. CJAB started operations on May 10, 1979.{{cite web

|url=http://www.astral.com/Sites/astralmedia/Multimedias/financiers/AIF/aif_1999_fr.pdf

|title=Notice annuelle -- Exercice terminé le 31 août 1999

|access-date=2006-12-11

|author=Astral Communications inc.

|date=2000-01-14

|language=fr

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028075058/http://www.astral.com/Sites/astralmedia/Multimedias/financiers/AIF/aif_1999_fr.pdf

|archive-date=2010-10-28

}} The station was bought by Radiomutuel in 1992 (predecessor of Astral Media), along with then-sister station CKRS 98.3 (now owned by Cogeco-affiliated Radio Saguenay).

Notes

External links

[http://www.iheartradio.ca/energie/energie-saguenay/ Énergie 94.5]
[https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/quebec/quebec-saguenay-lac-st-jean-cote-nord-nord-du-quebec/CJAB-FM CJAB-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
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