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{{Short description|Campus radio station of the Université de Montréal}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo             = CISM-FM logo.PNG
| name             = CISM-FM
| airdate          = March 14, 1991
| frequency        = 89.3 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| city             = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
| area             = [[Greater Montreal]]
| format           = [[campus radio]]
| owner            = Communication du Versant Nord inc. (non-profit organisation)
| erp              = 10 kW
| haat             = {{convert|242.5|m|ft|sp=us}}
| branding         = CISM 89,3 FM -- la marge
| class            = B
| website          = [http://www.cism.umontreal.ca www.cism.umontreal.ca]
| callsign_meaning = '''C'''ommunication '''I'''nformation '''S'''ur la '''M'''ontagne
}}

'''CISM-FM''' is the official [[campus radio]] [[radio station|station]] of the [[Université de Montréal]]. It is run by student volunteers and can be heard in [[Montreal]] and its outlying regions at 89.3 [[FM broadcast band|FM]] or by Internet users around the world through online streaming. CISM broadcasts in French.

As early as 1970, Université de Montréal students developed the idea of a French college radio station. In 1980, a requested feasibility study gave place to recommendations for a potential radio broadcasting school. At noon on October 7, 1985, CISM broadcast its first radio show over the university's campus. In July 1990, CISM gained its FM broadcast permit from the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) |date=1990-07-10 |title=ARCHIVED - Licence application - Pierre-Louis Smith |url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/DB90-644.HTM |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=crtc.gc.ca}}</ref> Then, on March 14, 1991, CISM's broadcasting antenna (located atop [[Mount Royal]]) was boosted to 10,000 watts. With a broadcasting radius of 70&nbsp;km (40 miles), CISM is now the world's largest French-language college radio station.

The station also broadcasts a [[Tamil language]] radio format on a [[subsidiary communications multiplex operation]] frequency, branded as International Tamil Radio (ITR-FM).  ITR-FM has recently been granted approval for a [[CILO-FM|50-watt station on FM 102.9]] in the [[Ahuntsic]] neighbourhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.fagstein.com/2014/05/16/crtc-approves-2-ethnic-stations/|title = CRTC approves two new ethnic radio stations in Montreal serving south Asian community &#124; Fagstein}}</ref>

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

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[[Category:French-language radio stations in Quebec|Ism]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1991]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in Quebec]]


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