{{short description|Radio station in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2008}} {{Infobox radio station | logo = ICI Premiēre logo.svg | name = CJBR-FM | airdate = {{Start date|1937|11|15}} | former_frequencies = 900 kHz (–2001) | frequency = 89.1 [[Hertz|MHz]] | city = [[Rimouski]], Quebec | country = CA | format = [[All-news radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|Talk]] | owner = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] | erp = 38.8 kW (peak) | network = [[Ici Radio-Canada Première]] | language = French | class = C1 | website = [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/ Ici Radio-Canada Première] | callsign_meaning = Jules Brillant/Rimouski; Brillant founded the station in 1937 }}

'''CJBR-FM''' is a [[French language|French-language]] [[Canada|Canadian]] [[radio station]] located in [[Rimouski]], [[Quebec]]. Owned and operated by the (government-owned) [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] ({{langx|fr|Société Radio-Canada}}), it broadcasts on 89.1 [[Hertz|MHz]] using a [[directional antenna]] with an average [[effective radiated power]] of 19,400 [[watt]]s and a peak effective radiated power of 38,800 watts ([[List of broadcast station classes|class C1]]). The station has an ad-free [[all-news radio|news]]/[[talk radio|talk]] [[radio format|format]] and is part of the [[Ici Radio-Canada Première]] network, which operates across Canada. Like all other Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, CJBR-FM broadcasts in [[monaural|mono]].

==History== Previously known as '''CJBR''' when the station was on the [[AM broadcasting|AM band]] on 900 [[Hertz|kHz]], the station moved to [[FM broadcasting|FM]] in 2001. It is one of the few CBC/SRC stations to not have a [[call sign]] beginning with CB, as it was originally a privately owned station; CJBR was an affiliate of Radio-Canada from the station's opening in 1937 until it was bought by Radio-Canada in 1977. The call sign "CJBR" stands for '''C'''anada '''J'''ules '''B'''rillant '''R'''imouski ([[Jules Brillant]] being the founder of the station). When it bought the station in 1977 from Telemedia (who acquired Brillant's broadcasting properties in 1970), Radio-Canada initially wanted to change the call sign to CBSL, but this plan was discarded after a petition was circulated against this change. A new private radio station, CFLP (now [[CJOI-FM]]), was opened in Rimouski the following year.

The station originally broadcast on 1030&nbsp;kHz with 1,000 watts. On March 29, 1941, the station moved to 900&nbsp;kHz. Power was increased to 5,000 watts full-time in 1947, and to 10,000 watts full-time in 1956. The AM transmitter was shut down on September 6, 2001 at 9 AM. Its FM [[sister station]], originally called '''CJBR-FM''', had to change its own call sign to [[CBRX-FM]].<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1999/DB99-426.HTM Decision CRTC 99-426]</ref><ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/db2001-719.htm Decision CRTC 2001-719]</ref>

The station's current local programs are ''Info-réveil'', in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and ''Le monde aujourd'hui'' in the afternoons, 3:30&nbsp;p.m. to 6 p.m. CJBR-FM also co-produces ''D'Est en est'', a pan-regional program produced in turn with [[CBGA-FM]] [[Matane]] and [[CBSI-FM]] [[Sept-Îles, Quebec|Sept-Îles]] and heard afternoons during the summer months. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City). Its Saturday morning program, ''Samedi et rien d'autre'', originates from [[CBF-FM]] [[Montreal]].

==Repeater== CJBR-FM operates only one relay station, namely CJBR-FM-1 in [[Rivière-du-Loup]]. That station opened in 1992 and operates on 89.5&nbsp;MHz with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts ([[List of broadcast station classes|class C]]) using an [[omnidirectional antenna]].<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1991/DB91-91.HTM Decision CRTC 91-91]</ref> Listeners west of the area are served by [[Quebec City]] station [[CBV-FM]] and its relays, and listeners east of the area are served by CBGA-FM and its relays.

==Notable hosts== * [[Pierre Nadeau]] OC CQ, announcer from 1956 to 1957<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/television/2019-09-03/le-journaliste-pierre-nadeau-s-eteint-a-82-ans|title=Le journaliste Pierre Nnadeau s'éteint à 82 ans|last1=Gosselin|first1=Janie|last2=Duschene|first2=André|date=3 September 2019|work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]|language=fr|access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref> *[[Sandy Burgess]]

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==External links== * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/ Ici Radio-Canada Première] * [http://radio-canada.ca/regions/bas-st-laurent/dossiers/histoire1_3542.shtml Histoire de CJBR-FM] * [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/quebec/quebec-bas-st-laurent-gaspesie-iles-de-la-madeleine/CJBR-FM CJBR-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]] * {{RecnetCanada|CJBR-FM}}

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