area greater montreal branding virgin radio 96 slogan montreal s 1 hit music station frequency 95.9 fm first air date 1962 format top 40 chr erp 41 200 watts class c1 transmitter coordinates 45 30 20.16 n 73 35 30.12 w 45.5056000 n 73.5917000 w 45.5056000 ; 73.5917000 callsign meaning cjad fm owner bell media bell media radio g.p. sister stations chom cite fm cjad ckgm ckmf fm website virgin radio 96 cjfm fm is an english language canadian radio station located in montreal quebec . owned and operated by bell media it broadcasts on 95.9 mhz with an effective radiated power of 41 200 watts class c1 using an omnidirectional antenna located atop mount royal while its studios are located at the bell media building at 1717 rene levesque boulevard east in montreal . contents 1 history 1.1 virgin radio 2 annual events 2.1 history of 1s 3 references 4 external links history edit the station originally went on the air in 1948 as cjad fm . it was a simulcast of montreal s am station cjad . cjad fm was short lived and went off the air in the 1950s . the station was revived in 1962 . although initially intending to sign as cjad fm it finally signed on with the cjfm calls and separate programming an innovation at the time . cjfm was one of four fm stations which came on the air in the first half of the 1960s using common transmitting facilities on the new mount royal tower . the other stations were cfcf fm on 92.5 cjms fm on 94.3 and ckgm fm on 97.7 . cjfm 96 or fm 96 had an album oriented rock pop and variety format throughout the 1980s . by 1992 cjfm fm changed monikers to mix 96 and altered its format to a more top 40 leaning hot ac format of which it remains as of today . from 1962 to 2007 cjfm was owned by standard broadcasting . standard broadcasting sold the station to astral media in 2007 . in 2013 astral was acquired by bell media . 1 virgin radio edit mix 96 logo on december 4 2008 astral announced that cjfm as with sister stations ckqb fm in ottawa and ckzz fm in vancouver would be rebranded as a virgin radio station effective january 12 2009 . 2 3 this is in addition to an existing virgin radio station ckfm fm in toronto . on january 12 at 4 pm the station changed monikers to virgin radio 96 . the final song played on mix 96 was it s the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine by great big sea while the first song played on virgin was madonna s like a virgin . cjfm kept the hot ac format and most of its on air staff it held while it was mix 96 albeit with several programming changes . by july 2016 cjfm made the transition to top 40 chr putting it in line with the virgin radio branding that bell media has been expanding in canada . previously when cidc fm in toronto went exclusively top 40 cjfm fm was the only radio station in canada playing dance top 40 music daily as the station airs dance shows nightly sundays to thursdays from midnight to 3am and fridays and saturdays from 7pm to 5am . since then cidc has moved back toward a dance leaning direction . annual events edit shave to save was a fundraiser conceived in 2001 by the station . every october virgin radio jocks visit offices and schools where they shave heads for a minimum 2000 donation . the proceeds go to the quebec breast cancer foundation . virgin festival is held every summer in montreal . the top 96 songs of the year are played every year on new years day . history of 1s edit these songs hit 1 on virgin radio s top 96 songs 2004 hoobastank the reason 2005 green day boulevard of broken dreams 2006 shakira hips don t lie 2007 fergie big girls don t cry 2008 leona lewis bleeding love 2009 black eyed peas i got ta feeling 2010 eminem feat . rihanna love the way you lie 2011 pitbull feat . ne yo & nayer give me everything 2012 carly rae jepsen call me maybe 2013 robin thicke blurred lines 2014 pharrell williams happy 2015 mark ronson feat . bruno mars uptown funk references edit crtc approves bell astral merger . cbc . retrieved 5 july 2013 . http www.newswire.ca en releases archive december2008 04 c7123.html http matin.branchez vous.com nouvelles 2008 12 mix96 deviendra virgin radio.html external links edit official website cjfm fm history canadian communications foundation query the rec s canadian station database for cjfm fm v t e radio stations in montreal and surrounding area montreal am ckgm 690 ckac 730 cjad 800 chrf 980 cfmb 1280 cjwi 1410 chou 1450 chrn 1610 cjrs 1650 cjlo 1690 defunct cinf 690 cinw 940 cjms 1280 chlp 1410 cko cfox 1470 cklm 1570 montreal fm chdo 88.1 cbme 88.5 cism 89.3 ckut 90.3 chil 90.7 cira 91.3 cklx 91.9 ckbe 92.5 cbm 93.5 ckmf 94.3 cbf 95.1 cjfm 95.9 ckoi 96.9 chom 97.7 cjpx 99.5 ckvl 100.1 cbfx 100.7 cibl 101.5 cbmg 101.9 cinq 102.3 cilo 102.9 chou 1 104.5 cbme 1 104.7 ckdg 105.1 ckin 106.3 cite 107.3 defunct cftl 96.7 pirate cjrm fm 98.5 ckav 10 106.7 adjacent communities acton vale cfid 103.7 akwesasne ckon 97.3 ch teauguay candiac chai 101.9 granby cfxm 104.9 hudson saint lazare chsv 106.7 joliette cjlm 103.5 kahnawake ckki 89.9 ckrk 103.7 laval cjlv 1570 cfgl 105.7 longueuil chmp 98.5 chaa 103.3 saint constant cjms 1040 saint hyacinthe cfei 106.5 saint jean sur richelieu cfzz 104.1 salaberry de valleyfield ckod 103.1 sorel tracy cjso 101.7 vaudreuil dorion cjvd 100.1 defunct chef 1450 granby specialty services hmwn radio maria international tamil radio radio humsafar adjacent markets north country region ny burlington vt plattsburgh ny cornwall on quebec radio markets abitibi t miscamingue bas saint laurent centre du qu bec chaudi re appalaches c te nord gasp sie gatineau laurentides mauricie montreal nord du qu bec quebec city saguenay lac saint jean sherbrooke estrie see also list of radio stations in quebec v t e bell media and other broadcasting properties of bce inc. terrestrial tv ctv civt vancouver cfcn calgary cfrn edmonton cfqc saskatoon ckck regina cicc yorkton cipa prince albert cky winnipeg ckco kitchener cfto toronto cjoh ottawa cfcf montreal chbx sault ste. marie cici greater sudbury cito timmins ckny north bay cklt saint john ckcw moncton cjch halifax cjcb sydney ctv two civi victoria cftk terrace cjdc dawson creek chwi windsor cfpl london ckvr barrie chro ottawa specialty pay tv channels ctv two ctv two alberta ctv two atlantic ctv news bnn cp24 ctv news channel ctv specialty animal planet discovery channel discovery science discovery velocity espn classic rds rds2 rds info tsn tsn2 much mtv comedy the comedy network comedy gold mtv mtv2 much maple leaf sports & entertainment1 leafs tv nba tv canada premium and ppv cin pop the movie network hbo canada the movie network encore super cran vu 1 venus1 other booktelevision bravo canal d canal vie e fashion television gusto investigation investigation discovery space tv12 vrak z bell media radio am cfax cfgo cfra cfrb cfrn cfrw cfte cftk cham chum cior cjad cjbk cjdc cjor ckfr ckgm ckhj cklw ckmx ckoc ckor cksl ckst cktb ckww fm cfbr cfbt cfca cfei cfix cfjr cfly cfmg cfvm cfwm cfxy cfzz chbd chbe chey chik chom chor chqm chrd chre chrx chsu chtk chtz chum chvr cibk cibx cicf cidr cigb ciki cikx cilk cimf cimo cimx cioo ciqm cite montreal cite estrie citf cjab cjat cjay cjbx cjch cjcj cjdm cjfm cjfw cjmg cjmj cjmm cjmv cjoi cjpt ckbc ckfm ckgr ckkc ckkl ckkw cklc cklh ckly ckmf ckmm cknl ckpt ckqm ckrx cktf cktk ckto ckty ckxa ckx ckxr networks tsn radio bob fm boom fm ez rock nergie rouge fm 24 7 comedy ca distributor virgin radio ca licence broadcasting studios vancouver toronto 9 channel nine court 299 queen street west 250 richmond street west other bmi assets cravetv the loop predecessors telegram corporation baton broadcasting mid canada communications electrohome craig media chum limited access media group ctvglobemedia astral media defunct properties baton broadcast system wtsn ckx tv cknx tv viewers choice goltv nhl network m3 notes 1owned or part owned by bce separately from its ownership of bell media . 2community channels owned by bell canada fibe tv 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