CKGS-FM

CKGS-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec. The station serves the borough of La Baie.

CKGS-FM
CitySaguenay, Quebec
Broadcast areaLa Baie
Frequency105.5 MHz (FM)
BrandingHit Country 105,5
Programming
Language(s)French
Formatadult contemporary
Ownership
OwnerAttraction Radio
CILM-FM
History
First air date
March 19, 2009
Technical information
ClassA
ERP6 kW
HAAT18.3 meters (60 ft)
Links
Websitehitcountry.com

Owned and operated by Attraction Radio, it broadcasts on 105.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 6,000 watts (class A). The station has an adult contemporary format. It is better known to be the home of controversial host Louis Champagne since November 2010.

The station was originally licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in March 2007.[1] However, because the applicant had requested the 99.9 FM frequency, which was adjacent to CKAJ-FM's newly licensed rebroadcaster on 99.7, the license was made conditional on the applicant submitting a new application for the use of a different frequency.[1] CKGS-FM has later submitted an application to use 105.5 MHz, which was approved by the CRTC in August 2008.[2]

On August 2, 2010, CKGS-FM applied to the CRTC to add a transmitter at Chicoutimi which would operate at 105.9 MHz. This application was denied on December 13, 2010.[3]

On July 3, 2012, 9202-1617 Québec inc. received approval from the CRTC to change CKGS-FM's frequency to 105.7;[4] as of December 2014, the station has yet to relocate its signal to the new frequency. That same year, the station would be sold to its current owners, Attraction Radio. According to the stations' website, CKGS-FM still remains at 105.5 as of 2016.

In November 2014, it was announced that CKGS-FM and sister station CKRS-FM would join Cogeco's Rythme FM network starting February 9, 2015;[5] this followed the CRTC's approval of CKRS's format change, which sought an Adult Contemporary format and a reduction in local talk programming.[6]

In August 2018, Attraction Radio abandoned the Rythme FM network affiliation for an in-house branding "O".

See also

References
  1. CRTC Decision 2007-95
  2. CRTC Decision 2008-205
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-933
  4. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-360, CKGS-FM La Baie – Technical change, CRTC, July 3, 2012
  5. Fagstein: "Rythme FM expands with third new affiliate in six months", December 17, 2014.
  6. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-612, November 26, 2014.

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