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CIKI-FM

Rimouski, Quebec
Broadcast area	Bas-Saint-Laurent
Frequency	98.7 MHz (FM)
Branding	Énergie 98.7
Programming
Format	Mainstream rock (French)
Affiliations	Énergie
Ownership
Owner	Bell Media (sale to Arsenal Media pending approval)
Sister stations	CJOI-FM
History
First air date	1988
Call sign meaning	CI RImousKI (broadcast area)
Technical information
Class	C
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	435.5 meters (1,429 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	iheartradio.ca/energie/energie-rimouski

CIKI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Rimouski, Quebec.

Owned and operated by Bell Media, it broadcasts on 98.7 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 41,300 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (class C). It also operates a relay, oddly named CIKI-FM-2 (since there is no station or relay with the call sign CIKI-FM-1), in Sainte-Marguerite-Marie, Quebec, near Amqui, on 93.9 MHz using an omnidirectional antenna with an effective radiated power of 750 watts (class A).

The station has a mainstream rock format and is part of the "Énergie" network which operates across Quebec. It received CRTC approval in 1986 to broadcast on 104.5 MHz, which was changed to its current frequency at 98.7 FM prior to the station signing on the air. It started operations as a sister station to CFLP (now CJOI-FM 102.9) in 1988.

CIKI initially became part of the Énergie network in 1989, but this affiliation ended in 2001 as then-owner Corus Entertainment ended its agreement with Astral Media (owner of the Énergie network). The station then adopted imaging similar to that of CKOI-FM in Montreal, until the station was, along with four other FM stations, transferred to Astral Media in exchange for six AM stations. Astral Media reintroduced the station in the Énergie network in June 2005, a few weeks after becoming the new owner. The station became part of the new NRJ network in August 2009, with the rest of the Énergie network of stations.

On February 8, 2024, Bell announced a restructuring that included the sale of 45 of its 103 radio stations to seven buyers, subject to approval by the CRTC, including CIKI, which is to be sold to Aresenal Media.

References

1. Decision CRTC 89-692
2. Decision CRTC 86-1127
3. Decision CRTC 87-880
4. Hudes, Sammy (8 February 2024). "'Not a viable business anymore': Bell Media selling 45 radio stations amid layoffs". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

External links

• Énergie 98.7
• CIKI-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CIKI-FM in the REC Canadian station database

48°27′55″N 68°12′32″W / 48.46528°N 68.20889°W / 48.46528; -68.20889

• Radio stations in Rimouski
• Contemporary hit radio stations in Canada
• French-language radio stations in Quebec
• Bell Media radio stations
• Radio stations established in 1988
• 1988 establishments in Quebec