102.7 Rouge is a French-language radio channel broadcasting from Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bell Media owns and operates it and uses an omnidirectional antenna on Mount Orford to transmit at 102.7 MHz with an adequate radiated power of 92,000 watts (class C1). The station now has an outstanding coverage range from Littleton, New Hampshire, to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in the south and Montreal. However, it has significant shortcomings in downtown Sherbrooke, most likely due to high buildings blocking its signal.
As a result, the station also runs a low-power relay in Sherbrooke, CITE FM 2, which uses an omnidirectional antenna and broadcasts on 94.5 MHz with an adequate radiated power of 50 watts. The station, which broadcasts an adult contemporary format, is a part of the “Rouge FM” (formerly “RockDétente”) network, which covers Eastern Ontario and Quebec. Radio delivers quality programming, including interviews, information, podcast, sports, news, entertainment, weather, and traffic reports.
History of 102.7 Rouge FM
As a sister station of Sherbrooke’s CHLT AM (now CKOY-FM, but previously using the CHLT-FM calls after switching from AM to FM), CITE FM 1 first broadcast as CHLT FM in 1960. In August 1976, CHLT FM changed its name to CITE FM. As Cogeco now owns CKOY FM, they are no longer sister stations as of early 2005. Just before CITE FM in Montreal began broadcasting in 1977, CITE FM 1 briefly went under the name CITE FM. All “RockDétente” stations, including CITE FM 1, changed their names to Rouge FM on August 18, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern. “Pour que tu m’aimes encore” by Celine Dion served as the final song under “RockDétente,” A tribute to the branding came next. The Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” was the first track under “Rouge.”
Programming
Les nuits rouge – Fri. 9:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m.
Ça réveille bien – Sat. 4:00 a.m. until 6:00 a.m.
La compil weekend – 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m.
La Hitliste du weekend – 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Le Club – 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Fréquence Québec – 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
Contact Details
Address: 2185 King Street West, Suite 200 Sherbrooke QC J1J 2G2
Studio: (819) 347-1027
Information: 819 566-6655
Fax: (819) 566-1011
Official Website: https://www.iheartradio.ca/rouge-fm/rouge-fm-estrie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1027Rougefm
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/102.7_rouge/
More Listen: Radio-Classique Québec FM 92.7