CJPN-FM

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CJPN-FM
Broadcast area Greater Fredericton
Frequency 90.5 MHz
BrandingC90
Programming
Language French
Format Community radio
Ownership
Owner
  • C médias
  • (Radio Fredericton Inc.)
CKMA-FM, CKRH-FM, CHQC-FM
History
First air date
August 22, 1997 (1997-08-22) [1]
Call sign meaning
Ça joue pour nous [2]
Technical information
Class A
ERP 1,560 watts
HAAT 87 meters (285 ft)
Links
Website cmedias.ca

CJPN-FM is a French-language radio station in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, broadcasting at 90.5 FM.

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The station signed on August 22, 1997, from its studios at Le Centre Communautaire Sainte-Anne (Fredericton). [3] [1] It had been preceded by several pop-up stations in 1992, 1994, [2] and 1996. [4]

CJPN broadcasts to a population of 13,360 French speakers in Fredericton. [5]

CJPN 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, [6] 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. [7] [8] [9]

Since 2015, Radio Fredericton inc. CJPN 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. [10]

On December 19, 2022, CJPN rebranded to C90 and is now owned by C médias. On the same day, CHQC in Saint John, CKRH in Halifax, and CKMA in Miramichi also adopted the "C" branding from C médias.

CJPN 90,5fm logo.jpg

References

  1. 1 2 "Radio Fredericton CJPN en ondes dès demain". L'Acadie Nouvelle. Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada. August 21, 1997. p. 5. Retrieved January 23, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "Radio-Fredericton de retour sur les ondes". L'Acadie Nouvelle (in French). Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada. April 27, 1994. p. 31. Retrieved January 23, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Decision CRTC 96-707
  4. ↑ Metcalfe, Catherine (July 12, 1996). "French Radio Station In Works". Daily Gleaner. Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada. p. 17. Retrieved January 23, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ 2016 Census
  6. ↑ CRTC Decision
  7. ↑ (Livre)Une présence qui s'affirme : La communauté acadienne et francophone de Fredericton, Nouveau-Brunswick par Greg Allain et Maurice Basque
  8. ↑ (Livre)Une présence qui s'affirme : La communauté acadienne et francophone de Fredericton, Nouveau-Brunswick par Greg Allain et Maurice Basque
  9. ↑ Official website of CJPN, CHQC and CKMA
  10. ↑ Site Official website of CJPN, CHQC and CKMA

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