# CKGS-FM

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{{short description|Radio station in Saguenay, Quebec}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = CKGS-FM
| city             = [Saguenay, Quebec](/source/Saguenay%2C_Quebec) | country = CA
| area             = [La Baie](/source/La_Baie%2C_Quebec)
| logo             = 
| logo_size        = 
| branding         = Hit Country 105,5
| airdate          = {{Start date|2009|3|19}}
| frequency        = 105.5 [MHz](/source/Hertz)
| format           = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| language         = [French](/source/French_language)
| erp              = 6 [kW](/source/kilowatt)
| haat             = {{convert|18.3|m}}
| class            = A
| callsign_meaning =
| owner            =  [Arsenal Media](/source/Arsenal_Media)
| sister_stations  = 
| website          = [https://hitcountry.com/hit-country-1055/ hitcountry.com] 
}}

'''CKGS-FM''' is a [French-language](/source/French_language) [Canadian](/source/Canada) [radio station](/source/radio_station) located in [Saguenay](/source/Saguenay%2C_Quebec), [Quebec](/source/Quebec). The station serves the borough of [La Baie](/source/La_Baie%2C_Quebec).

Owned and operated by [Arsenal Media](/source/Arsenal_Media) (formerly Attraction Radio), it broadcasts on 105.5 [MHz](/source/MHz) with an [effective radiated power](/source/effective_radiated_power) of 6,000 [watt](/source/watt)s ([class A](/source/List_of_broadcast_station_classes)). The station has a [country music](/source/country_music) format. It is better known to be the home of controversial host [Louis Champagne](/source/Louis_Champagne_(radio_host)) since November 2010.

The station was originally licensed by the [Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission](/source/Canadian_Radio-television_and_Telecommunications_Commission) (CRTC) in March 2007.<ref name="original">[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2007/db2007-95.htm CRTC Decision 2007-95]</ref> However, because the applicant had requested the 99.9 FM frequency, which was [adjacent](/source/adjacent-channel_interference) to [CKAJ-FM](/source/CKAJ-FM)'s newly licensed [rebroadcaster](/source/rebroadcaster) on 99.7, the license was made conditional on the applicant submitting a new application for the use of a different frequency.<ref name="original" /> CKGS-FM has later submitted an application to use 105.5&nbsp;MHz, which was approved by the CRTC in August 2008.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/db2008-205.htm CRTC Decision 2008-205]</ref>

On August 2, 2010, CKGS-FM applied to the CRTC to add a transmitter at [Chicoutimi](/source/Chicoutimi) which would operate at 105.9&nbsp;MHz. This application was denied on December 13, 2010.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-933.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-933]</ref>

On July 3, 2012, 9202-1617 Québec inc. received approval from the CRTC to change CKGS-FM's frequency to 105.7;<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-360.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-360], CKGS-FM La Baie – Technical change, ''CRTC'', July 3, 2012</ref> 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 <ref>[https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/quebec/quebec-saguenay-lac-st-jean-cote-nord-nord-du-quebec/cilm-fm/ CILM-FM (formerly CKGS-FM)] - Canadian Communications Foundation</ref> and sister station CKRS-FM (now [CILM-FM](/source/CILM-FM)) would join [Cogeco](/source/Cogeco)'s [Rythme FM](/source/Rythme_FM) network starting February 9, 2015;<ref>[http://blog.fagstein.com/2014/12/17/rythme-fm-expands-with-third-new-affiliate-in-six-months/ Fagstein: "Rythme FM expands with third new affiliate in six months", December 17, 2014.]</ref> this followed the CRTC's approval of CKRS's format change, which sought an Adult Contemporary format and a reduction in local talk programming.<ref>[http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2014/2014-612.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-612, November 26, 2014.]</ref>

In August 2018, Attraction Radio abandoned the Rythme FM network affiliation for an in-house branding "O". CKGS-FM would break the simulcast of CILM-FM on September 17, 2019, when it adopted the Country-Western format as ''Hit Country 105,5''. Cogeco would acquire CILM-FM in April 2022, with that station rejoining Rythme FM soon after.

==See also==
* [Louis Champagne](/source/Louis_Champagne_(radio_host))

==References==
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==External links==
* {{RecnetCanada|CKGS-FM}}

{{Saguenay Radio}}

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