CFTX-FM

CFTX-FM (96.5 MHz) is a commercial Francophone radio station based in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The station broadcasts a French Top 40/CHR format branded as Vibe 96.5. It is owned by RNC Media with radio studios and offices on Jean-Proulx Avenue in Gatineau.

CFTX-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,750 watts. The transmitter is on Boulevard St.-Joseph at Rue Bourque, near Quebec Autoroute 5.^[1]

History[]

The station received its approval in 2005.^[2] It signed on the air in 2006. The first format was Top 40/CHR, calling itself Tag Radio and later, Tag Radio X, after its sister station in Quebec City, CHOI-FM. The 96.5 FM frequency was formerly occupied by a low-power tourist information radio station, CFDT in Ottawa, which began operations in the early 1990s ^[3] and was also used in 2002 for a special event radio programming at 96.5 MHz in Gatineau with the callsign CIRC.^[4]

It changed to an alternative rock format as Tag Radio X, in 2009. On July 26, 2010, CFTX flipped to mainstream rock branded as Capitale Rock.^[5]

On September 22, 2016, CFTX changed its format to adult hits as Pop 96.5.

On August 12, 2019, CFTX flipped back to Top 40/CHR but retained the "Pop" branding.

In June 2021, the station rebranded as Vibe 96.5 retaining the CHR format.

Transmitters[]

Former logos[]

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  Pop 96.5 logo from 2019-2021

References[]

External links[]

• Vibe 96.5
• (in French) POP Radio
• CFTX-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
• CFTX-FM in the REC Canadian station database

Coordinates: 45°27′40″N 75°44′08″W / 45.46109°N 75.73544°W / 45.46109; -75.73544

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