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{{short description|Ici Radio-Canada Première radio station in Chicoutimi, Quebec}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo             = ICI Radio-Canada Première.svg
| logo_size        = 200px
| name             = CBJ-FM
| frequency        = 93.7 [[Hertz|MHz]] ([[FM broadcasting|FM]])
| city             = [[Saguenay, Quebec]]
| country          = CA
| area             = [[Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean]]
| format           = [[All-news radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|Talk]]
| owner            = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
| erp              = 50 [[watt|kW]] horizontal
| haat             = {{convert|139.7|meters}}
| coordinates      = {{nowrap|{{coord|48.4247|N|71.1083|W|region:CA-QC_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}}}
| branding         = [[Ici Radio-Canada Première]]
| class            = B
| callsign_meaning = '''C'''anadian '''B'''roadcasting Corporation Lac-St-'''J'''ean

| website          = [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/ Ici Radio-Canada Première]
}}

'''CBJ-FM''' is a [[French language|French-language]] [[Canada|Canadian]] [[radio station]] located in [[Saguenay, Quebec]].

Owned and operated by the government-owned [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (French: Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 93.7 [[Hertz|MHz]] with an [[effective radiated power]] of 50,000 [[watt]]s ([[List of broadcast station classes|class B]]) using an [[omnidirectional antenna]].

The station has an ad-free [[all-news radio|news]]/[[talk radio|talk]] [[radio format|format]] and is part of the [[Ici Radio-Canada Première]] network, which operates across Canada.

The station originated in 1933 as '''CRCS''', owned and operated by the [[Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission|CRBC]] and based in [[Chicoutimi]] (which became part of Saguenay in 2002).<ref>[http://www.phonotheque.org/radio/reperes-eng.html Phonothèque québécoise: 75 ans de radio - Repères<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It became '''CBJ''' when the CRBC became the CBC. Originally located on 1580 [[Hertz|kHz]], the station moved to [[FM broadcasting|FM]] in 1999.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1998/DB98-215.HTM Decision CRTC 98-215]</ref> The AM signal was a 50,000-watt [[Clear-channel stations|clear channel]] station from 1977 onward, and was well known as an extremely reliable [[MW DX|DX]] signal at night. It was often used by people who wanted to receive Première Chaîne when they were travelling just about anywhere in the eastern half of [[North America]]. The frequency has been reactivated by [[CKDO]] in [[Oshawa]] (10,000 watts).

The station's current local programs are ''Y'a des matins'', in the morning from 6:00&nbsp;a.m. to 9:00&nbsp;a.m., and ''Style libre'' in the afternoon from 3:30&nbsp;p.m. to 6:00&nbsp;p.m. The Saturday morning program, ''Samedi et rien d'autre'', originates from [[CBF-FM]] in [[Montreal]]. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City).

==Transmitters==
{{RadioRebroadcasters
| rec              = true
| crtc             = true
| callsign         = CBJ-FM
| call1            = CBJ-FM-1
| freq1            = 91.9 FM
| watts1           = 30,682
| class1           = [[List of broadcast station classes|B]]
| city1            = [[Chibougamau]]/[[Chapais, Quebec|Chapais]]
| crtc1            = 
| call2            = CBJ-FM-3
| freq2            = 93.1 FM
| watts2           = 38,200
| class2           = B
| city2            = [[Dolbeau-Mistassini]]
| crtc2            =
| call3            = CBJ-FM-4
| freq3            = 101.9 FM
| watts3           = 970
| class3           = B
| city3            = [[L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec|L'Anse-Saint-Jean]]
| crtc3            =  [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1984/DB84-435.HTM 84-435]<br>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2003/db2003-126.htm 2003-126]
| call4            = CBJ-FM-5
| freq4            = 101.3 FM
| watts4           = 250
| class4           = A1
| city4            = [[Petit-Saguenay, Quebec|Petit-Saguenay]]
| crtc4            = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1984/DB84-436.HTM 84-436]<br>2003-126<br>[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2020/2020-312.htm 2020-312]
| call5            = CBJ-FM-6
| freq5            = 102.1 FM
| watts5           = 1,138
| class5           = A
| city5            = [[La Baie, Quebec|Saguenay (La Baie)]]
| crtc5            = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-407.htm 2000-407]<br>[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2014/2014-261.htm 2014-261]
}}

===Technical information===

Because of deficiencies with the main FM signal which did not exist when the station was on AM, in the 2000s CBJ-FM operated a relay, '''CBJ-FM-6''', to serve nearby [[La Baie, Quebec|La Baie]], now part of Saguenay. That relay was one of the few co-channel relays used in Canada, meaning that it had also operated on 93.7&nbsp;MHz; this solution was chosen to permit people to listen to the station in their cars continuously between Chicoutimi and La Baie without having to switch to a new frequency, de facto extending the main signal of CBJ-FM. CBJ-FM-6 used a [[directional antenna]] with an average effective radiated power of 16 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 86 watts ([[List of broadcast station classes|class A1]]).<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-407.htm Decision CRTC 2000-407]</ref> On May 22, 2014, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to change the FM frequency of CBJ-FM-6 La Baie from 93.7 MHz to 102.1 MHz and to increase the maximum ERP from 85.7 to 544 watts. <ref>[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2014/2014-261.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-261], CBJ-FM Chicoutimi and CBJ-FM-6 La Baie – Technical changes, ''CRTC'', May 22, 2014</ref> A technical change for CBJ-FM-6 was approved on September 13, 2016 to increase the average effective radiated power (ERP) from 98 to 194 watts (maximum ERP increasing from 544 to 1,138 watts) and by decreasing the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 32.1 to 25.8 metres (105' to 85'). <ref>[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-375.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-375], CBJ-FM-6 La Baie – Technical changes, ''CRTC'', September 13, 2016</ref>

On May 22, 1984, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to add low-power AM transmitters at Petit-Saguenay on 1140 kHz (CBJ-5) <ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1984/DB84-436.HTM 84-436]</ref> and L'Anse-Saint-Jean on 990 kHz (CBJ-4) both with the power of 40 watts.  <ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1984/DB84-435.HTM 84-435]</ref> On April 29, 2003, the CBC received approval from the CRTC to convert CBJ-4 L'Anse-Saint-Jean from the AM band (990 kHz) to the FM band at 101.9 MHz. <ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2003/db2003-126.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-126], CBJ-FM Saguenay - New transmitter in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, ''CRTC'', April 29, 2003</ref> The new transmitter '''CBJ-FM-4''' would [[List of defunct CBC radio transmitters in Canada|replace the AM transmitters]] CBJ-4 L'Anse-Saint-Jean and CBJ-5 Petit-Saguenay.

On August 27, 2020, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to add a new FM transmitter at Petit-Saguenay. The new transmitter will operate at 101.3 MHz (channel 267A1) with an effective radiated power of 250 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of the antenna above average terrain of -196.4 metres; 645'). The call sign will be '''CBJ-FM-5'''. <ref>[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2020/2020-312.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-312], CBJ-FM Saguenay – New transmitter in Petit-Saguenay, ''CRTC'', August 27, 2020</ref> 

CBJ-2 operating at 1140 kHz in Chapais, Quebec located about 40 kilometers from Chibougamau is the last remaining AM transmitter to rebroadcast CBJ-FM. The Chapais transmitter may no longer be needed after the CBC received CRTC approval to increase the power of CBJ-FM-1 Chibougamau from 420 to 30,682 watts, increasing the average ERP from 420 watts to 12,075 watts, replacing the existing non-directional antenna with a new directional elliptically polarized antenna and by decreasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 110.0 to 108.5 metres and changing the transmitter class from A to B. <ref>[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2022/2022-122.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-122],
CBJ-FM Saguenay and its transmitter CBJ-FM-1 Chibougamau – Technical changes, ''CRTC'', May 6, 2022</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/ Ici Radio-Canada Première]
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/quebec/quebec-saguenay-lac-st-jean-cote-nord-nord-du-quebec/CBJ-FM CBJ-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*{{RecnetCanada|CBJ-FM}}

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