Монреальдегі CITE FM радиостанциясы

Radio station in Montreal, Quebec

CITE FM (107.3 MHz) is a French language radio station located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it airs an adult contemporary format. It is also the flagship station of the "Rouge FM" network, which operates across Quebec and in the Ottawa Gatineau radio market. The studios and offices are located at the Bell Media building at 1717 Boulevard René Lévesque East in Downtown Montreal. CITE FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 42,900 watts, using an omnidirectional antenna from the Mount Royal candelabra tower. It broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format.

CITE FM signed on the air on May 7, 1977 as a sister station to 730 CKAC, owned by Telemedia. While it was still being approved and built, the station was called CKAC FM, though it would instead go on the air as CITE FM. The previous year, a co owned FM station in Sherbrooke at 102.7 began using the call letters CITE FM. With the sign on of 107.3 in Montreal, the Sherbrooke station became CITE FM 1, a designation that usually indicates a full time rebroadcaster of the non numbered station, though CITE FM 1 continued to have its own local personalities and advertising with a similar playlist. CITE FM 1 is also easily heard in the southeastern portion of the Montreal market, and Telemedia likely used the similar calls for overall ratings purposes involving both stations. Currently, CITE FM 1 continues to simulcast some programming from Montreal but retains its own local advertising and some local personalities. Telemedia originally planned CITE FM to be on 93.5 MHz, but the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission instead arranged for CBM FM to shift from 100.7 MHz to 93.5  MHz to accommodate CBF FM. Telemedia then took the 107.3 allocation instead. CITE FM aired a beautiful music format as Radio Cité. It played instrumental cover versions of popular songs, along with some French and English middle of the road (MOR) vocals. Over time, to attract younger listeners, the number of vocals increased while the instrumental music was scaled back.

In 1990, CITE FM completed its move from instrumental to vocal music, switching to a soft adult contemporary format. "Radio Cité" was renamed Cité Rock Détente. Telemedia's radio stations in Quebec and the Maritimes were purchased in 2002 by Astral Media. CITE FM became the sister station of Astral's CKMF FM. Because of federal competition laws, Astral Media was not permitted to keep 730 CKAC. Following the transaction, CITE FM left the CKAC building that was on the corner of Sainte Catherine Street and Peel Street, relocating to CKMF's building at the corner of René Lévesque Boulevard and Papineau Avenue. In 2004, Astral revamped the Rock Détente network with a new logo. This resulted in Cité Rock Détente being renamed as simply "107,3 RockDétente." The station no longer uses its call letters on the air, except when required by CRTC regulations.

On August 18, 2011, at 4:00 p. m. EDT, the station ended its 21 year run with the "RockDétente" branding. All "RockDétente" stations, including CITE, were rebranded as Rouge FM. The last song under "RockDétente" was "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" by Celine Dion, followed by a tribute to RockDétente's 23 year history. The first song under "Rouge" was "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas.