CFTX-FM (96.5 MHz) is a commercial Francophone radio station based in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The station broadcasts a French sports format branded as BPM Sports. It is owned by Arsenal Media with radio studios and offices on Jean-Proulx Avenue in Gatineau.
CFTX-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,750 watts. The transmitter is on Boulevard St.-Joseph at Rue Bourque, near Quebec Autoroute 5.FCCdata.org/CFTX-FM
History The station received its approval in 2005.Decision CRTC 2005-255 It signed on the air in 2006. The first format was Top 40/CHR, calling itself Tag Radio and later, Tag Radio X, after its sister station in Quebec City, CHOI-FM. The 96.5 FM frequency was formerly occupied by a low-power tourist information radio station, CFDT in Ottawa, which began operations in the early 1990s Decision CRTC 89-263 and was also used in 2002 for a special event radio programming at 96.5 MHz in Gatineau with the callsign CIRC.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-71 Special event radio programming undertaking, Fondation radio enfant (du Canada), CRTC, March 14, 2002
Since the station signed on the air in 2006, the station had gone through a number of formats and brandings.
It changed to an alternative rock format as Tag Radio X, in 2009. On July 26, 2010, CFTX flipped to mainstream rock branded as Capitale Rock.Tag Radio X devient Capitale Rock. Le Droit, July 24, 2010.
On September 22, 2016, CFTX changed its format to adult hits as Pop 96.5.
On August 12, 2019, CFTX flipped back to Top 40/CHR but retained the "Pop" branding.
In June 2021, the station rebranded as Vibe 96.5; the station shared its branding and airstaff with CHXX-FM in Quebec City. On August 29, 2022, both Vibe stations flipped to sports talk as BPM Sports, networked with Montreal sister station CKLX-FM. However, CFTX and CHXX are licensed as music stations, and CRTC stipulations require at least 50% of their weekly programming to be devoted to music. Pending licence amendments, the stations only simulcast CKLX's weekday and weekend morning programming, do not carry its play-by-play broadcasts (such as CF Montréal), and otherwise continue to carry music programming.
In November 2025, RNC announced the sale all three BPM Sports stations to Arsenal Media pending CRTC approval. The CRTC approved the purchase on July 14, 2026.
Transmitters
Former logos
References
External links bpmsports.ca Vibe 96.5 POP Radio CFTX-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation