RockDétente
Encyclopedia
Rouge FM is a network of French-language
adult contemporary radio station
s broadcasting throughout Quebec
, Canada
. Established in 1990 as RockDétente, they are owned by Astral Media
.
All Rouge FM stations broadcast in the same markets as Astral's contemporary hit radio
network, NRJ, although that network also has a few stations in markets not served by Rouge FM.
Although the stations usually play mostly French adult contemporary music, it would mix in English
music as well, with a very similar direction to Cogeco
's Rythme FM
network, which has got fewer stations than Rouge FM. The flagship radio station is Montreal
's CITE-FM
. For the Astral jingles on this network, they are different from the adult hits
jingles used by Astral's English-language adult contemporary stations, although the network uses an acoustic tune that is very relaxing.
On August 18, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. EDT, all RockDétente stations has rebranded as Rouge FM, when the longtime RockDétente branding was retired, ending its 21 year run. On most stations, the last song as RockDétente was Pour que tu m'aimes encore
by Celine Dion
, followed by a tribute of the branding. The first song under Rouge FM was I Gotta Feeling
by Black Eyed Peas.
All stations carry most Rouge FM programming simultaneously, except for CITF-FM in Quebec City, which is entirely programmed locally, aside from some networked programs.
From 2006 to 2010, Astral also programmed a satellite radio
channel for broadcast on Sirius Canada
and the American Sirius Satellite Radio
, using the same format as the RockDétente stations but branded as RockVelours ("Velvet Rock"). The channel was originally located on channel 192, but moved to its current channel 88 in June of 2008
. Its logo was also updated to include its current channel number.
This channel was programmed separately from the terrestrial stations, and was hosted by Mélanie Gagné and Jean-François Fillion. However, Astral Media
sold the channel to Sirius Canada
in September 2010
, dropped the English
artists and renamed it L'Oasis francophone
, having a similar fate made with Énergie2 that time.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
adult contemporary radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
s broadcasting throughout Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Established in 1990 as RockDétente, they are owned by Astral Media
Astral Media
Astral Media Inc. is a Canadian media corporation. It is Canada's largest radio broadcaster with 83 radio stations in eight provinces, and is a major player in premium and specialty television in Canada, including The Movie Network, Super Écran, Family, Teletoon, Canal D, Canal Vie, VRAK.TV,...
.
All Rouge FM stations broadcast in the same markets as Astral's contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
network, NRJ, although that network also has a few stations in markets not served by Rouge FM.
Although the stations usually play mostly French adult contemporary music, it would mix in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
music as well, with a very similar direction to Cogeco
Cogeco
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian media and communications company. The name is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication .-History:...
's Rythme FM
Rythme FM
Rythme FM is a network of French-language adult contemporary FM radio stations broadcasting throughout most of the province of Quebec. They are owned and operated by Cogeco....
network, which has got fewer stations than Rouge FM. The flagship radio station is Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
's CITE-FM
CITE-FM
CITE-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 107.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 42,900 watts using an omnidirectional antenna from the Mount Royal candelabra tower.The station has had an adult...
. For the Astral jingles on this network, they are different from the adult hits
Adult hits
Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...
jingles used by Astral's English-language adult contemporary stations, although the network uses an acoustic tune that is very relaxing.
On August 18, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. EDT, all RockDétente stations has rebranded as Rouge FM, when the longtime RockDétente branding was retired, ending its 21 year run. On most stations, the last song as RockDétente was Pour que tu m'aimes encore
Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore
"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" is the first hit single from album D'eux by Céline Dion. It was released on March 13, 1995 in Francophone countries and in September 1995 in other European countries. In Canada it was a radio only release. The song was also released in Japan in October 1996...
by Celine Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
, followed by a tribute of the branding. The first song under Rouge FM was I Gotta Feeling
I Gotta Feeling
"I Gotta Feeling" is the second single from The Black Eyed Peas' fifth studio album The E.N.D., produced by the French DJ David Guetta. The song was released on May 21, 2009 and debuted at number two on the Canadian and Billboard Hot 100 on the week of June 27, 2009, behind the group's "Boom Boom...
by Black Eyed Peas.
All stations carry most Rouge FM programming simultaneously, except for CITF-FM in Quebec City, which is entirely programmed locally, aside from some networked programs.
RockVelours
Satellite radio
Satellite radio is an analogue or digital radio signal that is relayed through one or more satellites and thus can be received in a much wider geographical area than terrestrial FM radio stations...
channel for broadcast on Sirius Canada
Sirius Canada
Sirius Canada is a Canadian company, a partnership between Slaight Communications, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Sirius Satellite Radio, which was one of three services licensed by the CRTC on June 16, 2005 to introduce satellite radio service to Canada.On November 24, 2010, following...
and the American Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
, using the same format as the RockDétente stations but branded as RockVelours ("Velvet Rock"). The channel was originally located on channel 192, but moved to its current channel 88 in June of 2008
2008 in radio
Several events occurred in radio in 2008.- Events :* January 2: WWFT finished Christmas music stunting, rolling out the red carpet for Adult contemporary music branded as "Warm."...
. Its logo was also updated to include its current channel number.
This channel was programmed separately from the terrestrial stations, and was hosted by Mélanie Gagné and Jean-François Fillion. However, Astral Media
Astral Media
Astral Media Inc. is a Canadian media corporation. It is Canada's largest radio broadcaster with 83 radio stations in eight provinces, and is a major player in premium and specialty television in Canada, including The Movie Network, Super Écran, Family, Teletoon, Canal D, Canal Vie, VRAK.TV,...
sold the channel to Sirius Canada
Sirius Canada
Sirius Canada is a Canadian company, a partnership between Slaight Communications, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Sirius Satellite Radio, which was one of three services licensed by the CRTC on June 16, 2005 to introduce satellite radio service to Canada.On November 24, 2010, following...
in September 2010
2010 in radio
The following events occurred in radio in 2010.-Events:*Date Unknown: CHOI/Quebec City flips from Alternative Rock to News/Talk.*January 4: KJCS/Lufkin, Texas goes silent....
, dropped the English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
artists and renamed it L'Oasis francophone
L'Oasis francophone
L'Oasis francophone is a Sirius Canada channel featuring adult contemporary music from French-Canadian artists, although broadcasting primarily French language music with mainly newer & older music...
, having a similar fate made with Énergie2 that time.
Rouge FM stations
| Station ID | Frequency | City |
| CFIX-FM CFIX-FM CFIX-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec. Its studios are located in the former city of Chicoutimi.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 96.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 100,000 watts... |
96.9 | Saguenay Saguenay, Quebec Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City.... |
| CFVM-FM CFVM-FM CFVM-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Amqui, Quebec.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 99.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 23,800 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.... |
99.9 | Amqui / Matane Matane Matane is a city in Quebec, Canada.Matane may also refer to:*Matane , Quebec*Matane Regional County Municipality, Quebec*Matane River, Quebec*Paulias Matane, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea... |
| CHEY-FM CHEY-FM CHEY-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 94.7 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 20,600 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts .The station... |
94.7 | Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec... / Mauricie Mauricie Mauricie is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,855.22 km² and a 2006 census population of 258,928 residents... |
| CHRD-FM CHRD-FM CHRD-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Drummondville, Quebec.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 105.3 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 2,900 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 4,750 watts .The station has... |
105.3 | Drummondville |
| CIMF-FM CIMF-FM CIMF-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Gatineau, Quebec, near Ottawa, Ontario.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 94.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 84,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.... |
94.9 | Gatineau Gatineau Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census... / Outaouais |
| CITE-FM CITE-FM CITE-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 107.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 42,900 watts using an omnidirectional antenna from the Mount Royal candelabra tower.The station has had an adult... |
107.3 | Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
| CITE-FM-1 CITE-FM-1 CITE-FM-1 is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Sherbrooke, Quebec.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 102.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna... |
102.7 | Sherbrooke / Estrie Estrie The Estrie is an administrative region of Quebec that overlaps mostly the Eastern Townships. Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east."... |
| CITF-FM CITF-FM CITF-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 107.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 37,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna... |
107.5 | Quebec City Quebec City Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest... |
| CJOI-FM CJOI-FM CJOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Rimouski, Quebec.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 102.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 33,600 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.... |
102.9 | Rimouski |
Affiliates
- CFRT-FMCFRT-FMCFRT-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 107.3 FM in Iqaluit, Nunavut. A community radio station for the city's francophone community, the station broadcasts a mix of original programming and programs syndicated from other radio networks in Canada, including Radio-Canada's Première...
107.3, Iqaluit, NunavutNunavutNunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
-- community radio station that also carries some Rouge FM programming.
Former stations
- CHOA-FMCHOA-FMCHOA-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 96.5 FM in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The station airs a hybrid adult contemporary-jazz format branded as Planète 96,5....
96.5 / 103.5 / 103.9, Rouyn-Noranda -- owned by RNC Media and used RockDétente branding and imaging under license; discontinued the RockDétente branding in 2005 — now Planète - CJPN-FMCJPN-FMCJPN-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station in Fredericton, New Brunswick, broadcasting at 90.5 MHz.The station signed on in 1997 from its studios at École Sainte-Anne....
90.5, Fredericton, New BrunswickNew BrunswickNew Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
-- former community radio affiliate that carried RockDétente during nighttime hours; station since dropped their programming.