CJPN-FM

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

CJPN-FM
CityFredericton, New Brunswick
Broadcast areaFredericton
Frequency90.5 MHz (FM)
BrandingRadio Fredericton
Programming
FormatCHR (French)
Ownership
OwnerRadio Fredericton Inc.
History
First air date
1997
Technical information
ClassA
ERP1.56 kilowatts
HAAT87 meters (285 ft)
Links
Websitecjpn.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
  1. Decision CRTC 96-707
  2. 2016 Census
  3. CRTC Decision
  4. (Livre)Une présence qui s'affirme : La communauté acadienne et francophone de Fredericton, Nouveau-Brunswick par Greg Allain et Maurice Basque
  5. (Livre)Une présence qui s'affirme : La communauté acadienne et francophone de Fredericton, Nouveau-Brunswick par Greg Allain et Maurice Basque
  6. Official website of CJPN, CHQC and CKMA
  7. Site Official website of CJPN, CHQC and CKMA


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