CHLN (AM)
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CHLN is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts on 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 on October 17, 1937, and was originally on 1420 kHz; it moved to 1450 kHz in 1941, and moved again to its current frequency of 550 kHz in 1945. [1]
CHLN has one rebroadcaster, namely CKSM in Shawinigan. That station broadcasts 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 is not owned by Corus Entertainment as it was retained by Astral Media.
CHLN was authorized by the CRTC to move to the FM band on November 24, 2006; the station will move to 106.9 MHz. No simulcast period has been requested. The AM signal will be shut off when the FM is turned on. [3] Rebroadcaster CKSM is 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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