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{{short description|Radio station in Quebec City, Quebec}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| logo             = Rouge FM Quebec City.png
| name             = CITF-FM
| airdate          = July 22, [[1982 in radio|1982]]
| frequency        = 107.5 [[Hertz|MHz]] ([[FM broadcasting|FM]])
| city             = [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]]
| area             = [[Capitale-Nationale]]
| format           = [[Adult contemporary]] ([[French language|French]])
| owner            = [[Bell Media]]
| licensee         = [[Bell Media Radio]]
| erp              = 37,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|429.5|meters}}
| branding         = 107,5 [[Rouge FM|Rouge]]
| class            = C1
| sister_stations  = [[CHIK-FM]], [[CFAP-DT]]
| webcast          = [http://www.iheartradio.ca/rouge-fm/rouge-fm-quebec Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.iheartradio.ca/rouge-fm/rouge-fm-quebec iheartradio.ca/rouge-fm/rouge-fm-quebec]
| callsign_meaning = Disambiguation of sister station '''[[CITE-FM]]''' [[Montreal]]
}}

'''CITF-FM''' is a [[French language|French-language]] Canadian [[radio station]] located in [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]], Canada.

Owned and operated by [[Bell Media]], it broadcasts on 107.5 [[Hertz|MHz]] with an [[effective radiated power]] of 37,000 [[watt]]s ([[List of broadcast station classes|class C1]]) using an [[omnidirectional antenna]]. The station's transmitter is located at [[Mount Bélair]].

The station has an [[adult contemporary]] [[radio format|format]] since [[1990 in radio|1990]] and is part of the "[[Rouge FM]]" network which operates across Quebec and [[Eastern Ontario]].

CITF-FM started operations on July 22, 1982 as a [[sister station]] to the now-defunct CKCV 1280 with a [[beautiful music]] format. The latter closed in September 1990, as part of a failed attempt of [[Telemedia]] (then owner of both stations) to buy [[CHRC (AM)|CHRC]] 800, as at the time owners were limited to only one [[AM broadcasting|AM]] station and one [[FM broadcasting|FM]] station per market. (Although the purchase of CKCV was denied by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC), that station remained dark.)

Up until [[1990 in radio|1990]], CITF-FM had a [[beautiful music]] format. The station switched to [[adult contemporary]] in 1990 and the station was renamed ''CITF Rock-Détente''.

In 2004, Astral Media revamped the Rock Détente network with a new logo. This resulted in "Rock-Détente" being renamed to simply ''107,5 RockDétente''. As such, the station no longer publicly uses its [[callsign]] (although the callsign was resurrected as [[station identification]] in 2011).

CITF-FM is programmed locally with their own staff, personalities and playlist, independent from the rest of the ''[[Rouge FM]]'' network. On August 18, [[2011 in radio|2011]], at 4:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time|EDT]], the station ended its longtime 21-year run with the "RockDétente" branding. All "RockDétente" stations, including CITF, rebranded as "Rouge". On CITF-FM, the last song under the "RockDétente" branding was "[[Salut les amoureux]]" by [[Joe Dassin]], followed by a tribute of the branding. Being locally programmed, it was the only station not to sign off "RockDétente" with "[[Pour que tu m'aimes encore]]" by [[Celine Dion]]. The first song under "Rouge" was "[[I Gotta Feeling]]" by [[Black Eyed Peas]]. As a Rouge station, CITF-FM remains locally programmed, aside from a few network programs it carries.

==External links==
*[http://www.iheartradio.ca/rouge-fm/rouge-fm-quebec 107,5 Rouge]
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/quebec/quebec-quebec-chaudiere-apalaches/CITF-FM CITF-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*{{RecnetCanada|CITF-FM}}

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