CIBL-FM

CIBL-FM
Montreal, Quebec;
Broadcast area	Greater Montreal
Frequency	101.5 MHz
Programming
Format	community radio
History
First air date	April 26, 1980 (at 104.5 MHz)
Former frequencies	104.5 MHz
Technical information
Class	A
Power	872 watts (maximum ERP 2,800 watts)
HAAT	192.5 meters (632 ft)
Links
Webcast	website stream online
Website	cibl1015.com

CIBL-FM (101.5 MHz) is a French-language community radio station located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It broadcasts using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 872 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 2,800 watts as a Class A station.^[1]

History[edit]

CIBL-FM opened on April 26, 1980.^[2] It originally operated on 104.5 MHz with 16 watts from the top of one of the pyramids of Montreal's Olympic Village. Its target audience at that time was the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district.

Its antenna and transmitter are now located on Olympic Stadium, and its signal covers the whole city since a power increase in 1991.^[3] It is also known as a launch pad for several artists and radio personalities such as the late French language humor group Rock et Belles Oreilles and Télé-Québec's Marie-France Bazzo. One of its former general managers, Line Beauchamp, was a cabinet minister in the Jean Charest Liberal government.

In February 2012, the station moved to a new street-level studio in the 2-22 building at the corner of Saint Catherine Street and St-Laurent Street in the Quartier des Spectacles District of Montreal.

In January 2018, the station temporarily laid off all of its paid employees amid a financial restructuring effort.^[4]

The station is a member of the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec.