CFOM-FM

'''CFOM-FM''' is a [[French language|French-language]] [[Canada|Canadian]] [[radio station]] located in [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]]. While the station's official [[city of license]] is and always has been [[Lévis, Quebec|Lévis]], its [[studio]]s are now in Quebec City, and it identifies itself as a Quebec City station. Owned and operated by [[Cogeco]], it broadcasts on 102.9 [[Megahertz|MHz]] using a [[directional antenna]] with an average [[effective radiated power]] of 16,800 [[watt]]s and a peak effective radiated power of 32,800 watts ([[List of broadcast station classes|class C1]]). The station's transmitter is located at [[Mount Bélair]]. The flagship of Cogeco's ''[[Souvenirs Garantis]]'' network, the station has a [[classic hits]] format. The station usually is the most popular station in Quebec City according to [[Bureau of Broadcast Measurement|BBM]] ratings (using full coverage ratings). It used to be an [[AM broadcasting|AM station]], broadcast at 1240 AM from its inception in December 1967 until 1976, then moved to 920 AM until 1994 and was originally known as CFLS. When the station switched to an [[oldies]] format in 1995, it changed its [[call sign]] to the current CFOM-FM. Ironically, CFLS was Quebec City's [[Top 40]] station in the 1970s and early 1980s and had to compete, until 1976, against an [[English language|English-language]] Top 40 station known as [[CFOM (defunct)|CFOM]], which was closed by order of the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) for failure to respect [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] affiliation requirements. That station began operating in 1949 under the call letters CJNT until 1954 when the call letters were changed to CJQC and were again changed in 1964 to become CFOM, at 1340 on the dial. In March 2009, then-owner [[Corus Entertainment]] expanded the ''Souvenirs Garantis'' format to [[CHLT-FM]] in [[Sherbrooke]], [[CJRC-FM]] in [[Gatineau]], [[CKOB-FM|CHLN-FM]] in [[Trois-Rivières]] and [[CKRS-FM]] in [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]] -- replacing their long-time news-talk formats on these stations. On April 30, 2010, it was announced that Cogeco will acquire all radio stations owned by Corus in Quebec for $80 million, pending [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]] approval. However, Cogeco must either apply with the CRTC for an exemption from the common ownership policy, or sell off some of these (or Cogeco's own stations) to a third party as they will be over the maximum allowable number of stations in Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke. Corus is selling off their Quebec radio stations, as they are less profitable than Corus's stations in other parts of Canada. The sale of CFOM-FM and most other Corus Québec stations has been approved by the CRTC on December 17, 2010, on the condition that Cogeco-owned [[CJEC-FM]] and Corus-owned [[CFEL-FM]] be sold to another party by December 2011. By [[2011 in radio|2011]], the station changed to a more [[classic hits]]-leaning [[Adult contemporary|AC]] format, even though the classic hits currents remain on the station. ==External links== *[http://www.1029cfom.ca 102,9 CFOM] *[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=512&historyID=706 CFOM-FM history] at [[Canadian Communications Foundation]] {{Cogeco}} {{Quebec City Radio}} {{coord missing|Quebec}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cfom-Fm}}