Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 89.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 19,400 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 38,800 watts (class C1).

The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada.

[1][2] The station's current local programs are Info-réveil, in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and Le monde aujourd'hui in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CJBR-FM also co-produces D'Est en est, a pan-regional program produced in turn with CBGA-FM Matane and CBSI-FM Sept-Îles and heard afternoons during the summer months.

Its Saturday morning program, Samedi et rien d'autre, originates from CBF-FM Montreal.

That station opened in 1992 and operates on 89.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (class C) using an omnidirectional antenna.