CFTX-FM

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CFTX-FM
BPM SPORTS logo.svg
Broadcast area National Capital Region
Frequency 96.5 MHz (FM)
BrandingBPM Sports 96.5 Gatineau
Programming
Language(s) French
Format Sports
Ownership
Owner RNC Media
CHLX-FM, CHOT-DT, CFGS-DT
History
First air date
April 13, 2006
Technical information
Class A
ERP 1,750 watts
HAAT 79.3 meters (260 ft)
Translator(s) CFTX-FM-1 107.5 MHz Buckingham
Links
Website bpmsports.ca

CFTX-FM (96.5 MHz) is a commercial Francophone radio station based in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The station broadcasts a French sports format branded as BPM Sports. It is owned by RNC Media with radio studios and offices on Jean-Proulx Avenue in Gatineau.

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CFTX-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,750 watts. The transmitter is on Boulevard St.-Joseph at Rue Bourque, near Quebec Autoroute 5. [1]

History

The station received its approval in 2005. [2] It signed on the air in 2006. The first format was Top 40/CHR, calling itself Tag Radio and later, Tag Radio X, after its sister station in Quebec City, CHOI-FM. The 96.5 FM frequency was formerly occupied by a low-power tourist information radio station, CFDT in Ottawa, which began operations in the early 1990s [3] and was also used in 2002 for a special event radio programming at 96.5 MHz in Gatineau with the callsign CIRC. [4]

Since the station signed on the air in 2006, the station had gone through a number of formats and brandings.

It changed to an alternative rock format as Tag Radio X, in 2009. On July 26, 2010, CFTX flipped to mainstream rock branded as Capitale Rock. [5]

On September 22, 2016, CFTX changed its format to adult hits as Pop 96.5.

On August 12, 2019, CFTX flipped back to Top 40/CHR but retained the "Pop" branding.

In June 2021, the station rebranded as Vibe 96.5; the station shared its branding and airstaff with CHXX-FM in Quebec City. [6] On August 29, 2022, both Vibe stations flipped to sports talk as BPM Sports, networked with Montreal sister station CKLX-FM. Due to CRTC license restrictions requiring at least 50% of their weekly programming to be devoted to music, the stations only carry BPM Sports' weekday and weekend morning lineups, do not carry its play-by-play rights (such as CF Montréal), and otherwise continue to carry music programming. [7] [8] [6]

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CFTX-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNetCRTC Decision
Gatineau (Buckingham) CFTX-FM-1107.5 FM250 watts A1 Query 2005-255

Former logos

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References

  1. ↑ FCCdata.org/CFTX-FM
  2. ↑ Decision CRTC 2005-255
  3. ↑ Decision CRTC 89-263
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-71 Special event radio programming undertaking, Fondation radio enfant (du Canada), CRTC, March 14, 2002
  5. ↑ Tag Radio X devient Capitale Rock. Le Droit , July 24, 2010.
  6. 1 2 Aubert, Benjamin (2022-08-17). "Radio: Exit Vibe 100.9, bonjour BPM Sports". Quebec Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  7. ↑ Faguy, Steve. "RNC Media kills Vibe brand to create new BPM Sports radio network" . Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  8. ↑ "BPM Sports | Un premier réseau radiophonique de sports au Québec". La Presse (in French). 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

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