CJPN-FM
CJPN-FM is a French-language radio station in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, broadcasting at 90.5 MHz.
City | Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada |
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Frequency | 90.5 MHz (FM) |
Branding | Radio Fredericton |
Programming | |
Format | Contemporary hit radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Radio Fredericton Inc. |
History | |
First air date | 1997 |
Technical information | |
Class | A |
ERP | 1.56 kilowatts |
HAAT | 87 meters (285 ft) |
Links | |
Website | www.cjpn.ca |
The station signed on in 1997 from its studios at Le Centre Communautaire Sainte-Anne (Fredericton).[1]
CJPN-FM broadcasts to a population of 13 360 French speakers in Fredericton.[2]
CJPN-FM airs live programming from its own studios, as well as francophone music from Quebec, Acadia and other regions.
In August 2015, CJPN announced that, after following a new strategic plan, revenues had increased substantially. As part of the changes, the company developed a strategic alliance with Miramichi's CKMA-FM and Saint John's CHQC-FM.
The station is a member of the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada.
History
CJPN Radio, FM 90.5,[3] allows Francophones in the provincial capital region to hear French music and local news. The idea of putting a community radio in place came in October 1990, when a first information meeting was organized to determine the interest of setting up a French-language radio station in Fredericton. Finally, on August 22, 1997, CJPN broadcast for the first time on the FM 90.5 frequency with a transmitter of about 2,000 watts.[4][5][6]
Since 2015, Radio Fredericton inc. CJPN-FM works in partnership with Francophone community radio stations in Saint-Jean, CHQC-FM and Miramichi French-language community radio station CKMA-FM. This is the first resource sharing project implemented in three independent French-language community radio stations in Canada. These three radio stations share the general management, the production department, their technician, the accounting department and some of their broadcasts.[7]
The current Executive Director is Jason Ouellette.
References
- Decision CRTC 96-707
- 2016 Census
- CRTC Decision
- (Livre)Une présence qui s'affirme : La communauté acadienne et francophone de Fredericton, Nouveau-Brunswick par Greg Allain et Maurice Basque
- (Livre)Une présence qui s'affirme : La communauté acadienne et francophone de Fredericton, Nouveau-Brunswick par Greg Allain et Maurice Basque
- Official website of CJPN, CHQC and CKMA
- Site Official website of CJPN, CHQC and CKMA
External links
- (in French) CJPN-FM
- CJPN-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
- CJPN-FM in the REC Canadian station database