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| Broadcast area | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Frequency | 93.7 MHz (FM) |
| Branding | Ici Radio-Canada Première |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
Call sign meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Lac-St-Jean |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50 kW horizontal |
| HAAT | 139.7 meters (458 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 48°25′29″N 71°06′30″W / 48.4247°N 71.1083°W |
| Links | |
| Website | Ici Radio-Canada Première |
CBJ-FM is a French-language 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 MHz with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts (class B) using an omnidirectional antenna.
The station has an ad-free news/talk 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 CRBC and based in Chicoutimi (which became part of Saguenay in 2002).[1] It became CBJ when the CRBC became the CBC. Originally located on 1580 kHz, the station moved to FM in 1999.[2] The AM signal was a 50,000-watt clear channel station from 1977 onward, and was well known as an extremely reliable 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 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., and Style libre in the afternoon from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 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).