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{{short description|Catholic radio station in Montreal}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name      = CIRA-FM
| logo      = CIRA radiovm logo.png
| city      = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
| airdate   = [[1994 in radio|1994]]
| branding  = Radio Ville-Marie
| format    = [[religious broadcasting|Religious]]
| language  = French
| frequency = 91.3 MHz
| erp       = 36.2 [[kilowatt]]s<br>[[Polarization (antenna)|horizontal polarization]] only
| haat      = {{convert|242.5|meters}}
| class     = C1
| website   = [http://www.radiovm.com/decouvrir/la-radio Radio VM website]
| owner     = Radio Ville-Marie
}}

'''CIRA-FM''' is a [[French language]] [[radio station]] located in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada. Its studios are located at 5000 d'Iberville street in the Plateau Mont-Royal district of Montreal.

It broadcasts on 91.3 [[MHz]] with an [[effective radiated power]] of 36,200 [[watt]]s ([[List of broadcast station classes|class C1]]) using an [[omnidirectional antenna]] located atop [[Mount Royal]]. '''Radio Ville-Marie''' now stylized as '''Radio VM''' received [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]] approval in 1994 to operate a new religious French-language FM radio programming at Montreal.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-813.HTM Decision CRTC 94-813]</ref>

This radio station is Catholic and has a [[religious broadcasting]] [[radio format|format]]. Since its inception in 1995 it identifies itself as "Radio Ville-Marie". CIRA-FM is not a [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial]] [[Broadcasting|broadcaster]] and as such does not carry paid advertising.

==Transmitters==
In addition to the Montreal station on 91.3 [[FM radio|FM]], CIRA-FM also broadcasts on the following frequencies:
*CIRA-FM-1: [[Sherbrooke]] (100.3 FM) (licensed to Radio-Soleil-Estrie as a separate radiocommunication distribution undertaking) - launched September 20, 1998 <ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1998/DB98-159.HTM Decision CRTC 98-159]</ref>
*CIRA-FM-2: [[Trois-Rivières]] (89.9 FM) - launched September 9, 2005 <ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2003/db2003-100.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-100]</ref>
*CIRA-FM-3: [[Victoriaville]] (89.3 FM) - launched January 5, 2006 <ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2003/db2003-471.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-471]</ref>
*CIRA-FM-4: [[Rimouski]] (104.1 FM)

===AM rebroadcaster===
A transmitter for Canada's [[National Capital Region (Canada)|National Capital Region]], CIRA-5 (1350 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) in [[Gatineau]], was on the air from 2012 to 2015. That transmitter received CRTC approval on September 23, 2009.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-593.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-593]</ref> In 2011, the 1350 AM transmitter began on-air testing, simulcasting the programming of [[CJEU (AM)|CJEU 1670 AM]] temporarily <ref>[http://www2.hard-core-dx.com/archive/irca/msg74658.html New Station on 1350], ''Hard Core DX'', November 12, 2011</ref><ref>[https://www.dxing.info/news/2011_11.html Radio Ville-Marie launched on 1350 AM in the Canadian capital], ''dxing.info'', November 2011</ref><ref>[https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/new-am-on-air-in-ottawa.615150/ New AM on air in Ottawa], ''radiodiscussions.com'', November 13, 2011</ref> until CIRA-FM officially launched its programs on 1350 AM as CIRA-5 in 2012.<ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/589198/radio-ville-marie-gatineau-ottawa Radio Ville-Marie entre en ondes à Ottawa-Gatineau], ''[[Ici Radio-Canada Première]]'', November 26, 2012 (French)</ref>  In 2015, CIRA-5 was shut down due to lack of money to keep that transmitter going.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} CIRA's FM transmitters remain unaffected with CIRA-5's shutdown. The 1350 AM frequency was a former frequency that was used by [[CHVR-FM|CHVR]] in [[Pembroke, Ontario]], until it moved to FM in 1996. In 2018, [[CHFO (AM)|CHFO]] in Gatineau occupied the AM 1350 frequency until it left the air in 2019.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.radiovm.com/ www.radiovm.com]
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/quebec/quebec-montreal-laval-lanaudiere-laurentides-monteregie/CIRA-FM CIRA-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
* {{RecnetCanada|CIRA}}

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{{Sherbrooke Radio}}
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