CIME-FM

Broadcast areaLaurentides
Montreal (northern suburbs & city's north end)Frequency103.9 MHz (FM)BrandingCIME 103,9 et 101,3ProgrammingFormathot adult contemporary (French)AffiliationsRythme FM (2012–2016)OwnershipOwnerHistoryMarch 25, 1977CIME (French word for mountain peak)Technical informationClassC1ERP11,700 watts (average)
39,300 watts (peak)HAAT180.2 meters (591 ft)Repeater(s)CIME-FM-1 102.9 Val-Morin
CIME-FM-2 101.3 Mont-TremblantLinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitelaurentides.cime.fm

CIME-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Montreal.

Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 103.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 11,700 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 39,300 watts (class C1).

The station has an adult top 40 format under the CIME branding.

The station also operates two rebroadcasters : a low-power one (CIME-FM-1) in Val-Morin, on 102.9 using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 4 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 14 watts (class LP), and a stronger one (CIME-FM-2) in Mont-Tremblant, on 101.3 with an effective radiated power of 800 watts (class B) using an omnidirectional antenna.

CIME-FM opened on March 25, 1977, and originally had a middle of the road format, which gradually evolved over time to a more traditional hot adult contemporary format and currently it is an adult contemporary station.

CIME-FM was originally located in Sainte-Adèle, about 70 kilometres north of Montreal, and had a 50,000 watts omnidirectional signal on 99.5 MHz. The station moved to Saint-Jérôme in mid-1998, at the same time that it moved to 103.9 and inaugurated its 101.3 relay (the smaller 102.9 one was operational since the beginning). These changes in frequencies were a result of a deal to allow the 99.5 to be used in Montreal for the new CJPX-FM. As a result, CIME-FM can only be heard now in parts of Montreal itself, but has a better coverage in their targeted area (the Laurentides region).

The station is especially famous or infamous (depending on the point of view) for its now-discontinued practices of airing subliminal messages intended to induce relaxation at night ^[1] and using a system of audio tones as a mosquito repellent.^[2]

On December 17, 2010, the CRTC approved the sale of most of Corus Entertainment's radio stations in Quebec, including CIME-FM, to Cogeco.^[3] The sale closed February 1, 2011, and by August 2011, the station adopted the tri-oval Rythme FM logo on CIME-FM; however the CIME branding and hot adult contemporary stayed because of the adult contemporary format already heard on nearby flagship and sister station CFGL-FM Laval. As a result, programming is different, save for majority of nighttime programming, which largely simulcasts CFGL-FM.

On August 22, 2016, the station left the Rythme network and adopted a new slogan: "La Couleur Musicale des Laurentides".

References

External links

• CIME (official website)
• Decision CRTC 86-435
• Decision CRTC 97-292
• CIME-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CIME-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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