CHLN-FM
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CHLN-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts on 106.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 60,000 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (class C1). The station moved to the FM band on August 20, 2007 [1]; the station will continue to broadcast for the next 90 days on its former AM frequency, namely 550 kHz, with a daytime power of 10,000 watts and a nighttime power of 5,000 watts as a class B station, using a directional antenna with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional patterns in order to protect various other stations on that frequency.
The station has a news/talk format and is part of the Corus Québec (formerly Radiomédia) network which operates across Quebec.
CHLN went on the air as an AM station on October 17, 1937, and was originally on 1420 kHz; it moved to 1450 kHz in 1941, and moved again to 550 kHz in 1945. [1]
CHLN had one rebroadcaster, namely CKSM in Shawinigan. That station broadcasted on 1220 kHz, with a daytime power of 10,000 watts and a nighttime power of 2,500 watts as a class B station, using a directional antenna with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional patterns in order to protect various other stations on that frequency. CKSM went on the air on April 29, 1951, [2] and ceased to produce local programming on June 12, 1995. CKSM was not owned by Corus Entertainment as it was retained by Astral Media; it ceased to broadcast on June 30, 2007. [2]
CHLN was authorized by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to move to the FM band on November 24, 2006. [3] Rebroadcaster CKSM was not affected by this decision.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bill Dulmage (2006-12-01). CHLN-AM. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved on 2006-12-18.
- ^ Astral Communications inc. (2000-01-14). Notice annuelle -- Exercice terminé le 31 août 1999 (French). Retrieved on 2006-12-18.
- ^ CRTC (2006-11-24). Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-638. Retrieved on 2006-12-18.
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