CION-FM

CION-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec.

Owned and operated by the Fondation Radio Galilée, it broadcasts on 90.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 5,865 watts (class B) using an omnidirectional antenna. The station's transmitter is located at Mount Bélair.

The station has a religious broadcasting (Christian) format since it went on the air on September 19, 1995, and identifies itself as "Radio Galilée".

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Coordinates: 46°49′17″N 71°29′46″W / 46.82139°N 71.49611°W / 46.82139; -71.49611

CION-FM (defunct)

CION-FM was two different French language radio stations that, during different periods, operated on 103.7 MHz/FM in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada.

The stations are unrelated to the current CION-FM in Quebec City.

History

CION-FM under Des Portages

In 1980, the CRTC denied an application to Communications communautaires des Portages ("Des Portages") for a community FM station at Rivière-du-Loup. If the application was approved, the station would have broadcast on 103.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 60,000 watts. However, the CRTC would later look at Des Portages's application for a Class A channel at 103.7, instead of the proposed Class C frequency. On December 7, 1981, Des Portages was granted a licence for a new community FM station on 103.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 60,000 watts.

CION-FM signed on the air in September 1982.

On September 17, 1987, the CRTC denied the application to renew the licence for CION-FM, due to serious and persistent compliance difficulties following numerous warnings by the CRTC, in regards to being in breach of the license's conditions in regards to quotas in music, spoken word content, and advertising restrictions, in addition to interventions by other area broadcasters due to unfair competition. The station was ordered to cease operation no later than September 30, 1987 the date on which its licence did expire and left the air.