CFVD-FM explained

CFVD-FM, Horizon FM
Callsign Meaning:CanadaFrançaisVilleDégelis
City:Dégelis, Quebec, Canada
Area:Temiscouata
Branding:Plaisir 95,5
Airdate:1978 (AM) 1994 licensed (FM)
Format:hot adult contemporary
Language:French
Frequency:95.5 MHz (FM)
Erp:12.474 kWs
Class:B
Webcast:Listen Live
Owner:Arsenal Media

CFVD-FM, also known as Horizon 95,5[1] and Plaisir 95,5, is a French language hot adult contemporary radio station that operates at 95.5 FM in Dégelis, Quebec, Canada.

Created by Radio Dégelis Inc., the station was licensed in 1978 at 1370 kHz AM with a transmitter of 1000 watts, and was licensed to convert to FM in 1994.[2]

CFVD-FM applied twice to the CRTC, in 2006 and 2010, to add an FM transmitter at Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec which would operate at 102.5 MHz; they were denied both times.[3] [4]

To highlight its 30th anniversary, the station took on the name Horizon FM in 2008.

In 2012 the station was acquired by a group called Attraction Radio, who later morphed into Arsenal Media. Since 2021 Arsenal Media has incorporated the station in its Plaisir branding, which designates pop and nostalgia-oriented content.[5] [6]

Transmitters

Those transmitters were installed in 1983 and 1985 respectively. [7] In 1983 the station established a repeater in Cabano, CFVD-FM-1; at 102.7 MHz and 50 watts; this repeater closed down after the core station migrated from AM to FM.

External links

47.5506°N -68.7294°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: fr. Pour son 30e anniversaire, CFVD FM devient Horizon FM. fm95.ca. 2008-06-20. 2008-06-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20080622222831/http://fm95.ca/html/actualites.php. 2022-01-17.
  2. Web site: en. (CRTC). Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Decision CRTC 94-882. crtc.gc.ca. 2022-01-16.
  3. Web site: en. (CRTC). Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Decision CRTC 2006-58. crtc.gc.ca. 2022-01-16.
  4. Web site: en. (CRTC). Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Decision CRTC 2010-954. crtc.gc.ca. 2022-01-16.
  5. Web site: fr. Radio. arsenalmedia.com. 2022-01-16.
  6. Web site: fr. Acquisition de CFVD-FM à Dégelis par Arsenal Media. arsenalmedia.com. 2022-01-16.
  7. https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1985/db85-8.htm Decision CRTC 85-8