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CIGN-FM

radio station in Quebec, Canada

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ5011683 ↗
Source-derived summary

CIGN-FM is a Canadian radio station, that broadcasts a French-language community radio format on the frequency 96.7 MHz (FM) in Coaticook, Quebec.

Owned by Radio coopérative de Coaticook, Coop de solidarité, the station received CRTC approval on October 27, 2009.

CIGN-FM started broadcasting over the Web on August 4, 2011 and on 96.7 FM May 2012.

The station is a member of the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec.

Editorial summary

“CIGN-FM” enters the record as radio station in Quebec, Canada. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what CIGN-FM, radio and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2011, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2009. Its strongest next move is a source search built around CIGN-FM, radio and station.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“CIGN-FM” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, CIGN-FM, radio and station provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5011683. Authority coordinates are 45.053, -71.704. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009, 2011 and 2012.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “CIGN-FM”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow CIGN-FM primary sources, CIGN-FM archive and CIGN-FM research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “CIGN-FM”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “CIGN-FM” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.