As a sidebar to my story on Mohawk radio stations near Montreal, I included a list of country music stations that can be heard here, all of which transmit from off the island. Country music is very popular among Mohawks, and so it is as well on their radio stations. And with Montreal missing a big-name country music station, many assume it isn’t available here.
The list brought me one rebuke from the host of a country music program on a local station. And it’s true that there’s plenty of country music on other stations. So here’s a longer list, including the country music programs that appear on radio stations that can be heard in Montreal, based off those station’s posted program schedules.
Stations in bold should be relatively easy to hear, the rest are more difficult and can be heard only in certain parts of the Montreal region.
- CJMS 1040 AM (St-Constant):
- Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays 9am-noon
- Les cowboys du midi, weekdays noon-2pm and 10pm-midnight
- Légendaire country Mondays 8-9pm
- Poudrier PM Tuesdays to Fridays, 2-4pm
- Country et fier de l’être, Tuesdays to Fridays 8-10pm
- L’Album aux souvenirs, weekends 9am-noon
- Nashville-Québec, Saturdays noon-4pm
- En route vers l’ouest, Saturdays 7-10pm
- CKKI 89.9 FM KIC Country (Kahnawake):
- 100% country music 24/7
- CKUT 90.3 FM McGill:
- Bluegrass rambling, Sundays 7-8pm
- Country Classics, Sundays 8-9pm
- WVNV 96.5 FM Wild Country (Malone N.Y.):
- 100% country music 24/7
- CKON 97.3 FM (Akwesasne):
- Country music Mondays to Thursdays, 6am-6pm
- Saturdays starting at 6am
- Classic Country, Sundays 8am-noon
- WTNN 97.5 FM Eagle Country (Bristol, Vt.):
- 100% country music 24/7
- WOKO 98.9 FM (Burlington, Vt.):
- 100% country music 24/7
- CFNJ 99.1 (St-Gabriel-de-Brandon):
- Au rythme du country, Mondays 6:15-9pm
- Sur un air de country, Saturdays noon-3pm
- CKVL 100.1 FM Radio LaSalle:
- Bourbon et limonade, Fridays 1-2pm
- Réveil Country, Saturdays 7-8am
- Simplement country, Saturdays 8-9am
- Brunch Country, Saturdays, 9am-noon
- CKBY 101.1 FM Country 101 (Smiths Falls, Ont.):
- 100% country music 14/7
- CIBL 101.5 FM:
- CKHQ 101.7 (Kanesatake):
- Tahkwa’s Country, weekdays 9am-noon
- Dave’s Outlaw Country, Fridays 7pm-midnight
- Bengie’s Classic Country, Saturdays noon-7pm, Sundays 8am-noon
- (Plus evenings and overnights)
- CHAA 103.3 FM (Longueuil):
- Les horizons du Country, Saturdays 6-10am
- Bourbon et limonade, Sundays 8-9am
- CKRK 103.7 FM K103 (Kahnawake):
- Hank Phillips, Saturdays 8am-noon
- Country Weekend, Saturdays noon-6pm
- Outlaw Country Weekends All Request Saturday Night, Saturdays 6-10pm
- Country Weekend with KT Wells, Sundays 8am-noon
- CHOC 104.9 FM (St-Rémi):
- Musique country, Saturdays 4-7am
- Musique country, Sundays 4am-noon
- Country de chez nous, Sundays 10am-noon
- En route vers l’ouest, Sundays noon-3pm, Tuesdays 6-9am
- Echo du Kamouraska, Sundays 5-7pm, Mondays 7-9am
- Musique country, Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 5-7am, Tuesdays 5-6am
This list doesn’t include shows playing folk music, blues or other related genres. It also doesn’t include all-request shows, local artist programs or others where much of the music might be country but the show itself isn’t limited to the genre.
I’m almost certain to have missed some show or some station. If you know of another show to add to this schedule, or a correction to an existing one, leave a comment below.