CJMQ-FM

CJMQ-FM

City	Sherbrooke, Quebec
Frequency	88.9 MHz (FM)
First air date	1995
Format	community radio
ERP	2 kW
Class	A
Owner	Radio Bishop's Inc.
Website	www.cjmq.fm

CJMQ-FM is a Canadian radio station. Based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, where it has studios in both downtown Sherbrooke and the borough of Lennoxville, the station broadcasts a community radio format targeted to Anglo-Quebecers in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships.

The station broadcasts at a frequency of 88.9 FM in Sherbrooke, on the cable FM services of Vidéotron (103.9 FM) and Cogeco (104.7 FM), and on the Internet.

Since the demise of CKTS in 1992, CJMQ is the only locally produced English-language broadcaster in the Eastern Townships.

CJMQ originated in the 1940s as the Radio Club of Bishop’s University, a campus radio station at Bishop's University which broadcast by closed circuit and carrier current. In the 1940s it had a studio in the basement of Norton Hall. With the construction of Bishop Mountain House (or the Student Union Building) the station acquired space in the basement and constructed their first studio.

In the 1970s, as Radio Bishop's, the service broadcast in the late evenings over CKTS, the local English radio station in Sherbrooke. This continued to 1978 when CKTS had sufficient resources to cover their broadcasting day.

In the early 1980s, the station radically expanded, acquiring a large complement of studio equipment from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, including the sound console from Les Beaux Dimanches, and a complete studio from CJFM in Montreal. At this time Radio Bishop's changed its name to RCBU (Radio Champlain Bishop's University) to recognise the support from Champlain Regional College. In 1987, the station officially incorporated as CJMQ Radio Bishop’s Inc.

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