CINQ-FM
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CINQ-FM is a multilingual Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.
It broadcasts on 102.3 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 1,285 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 2,335 watts (class A).
The station operates under a community radio licence and offers varied programming in seven different languages whereas all programmes are produced and animated by volunteers. It identifies itself as "Radio Centre-Ville".
CINQ-FM opened on January 27, 1975; at the time the station was on 99.3 MHz and used only 7.5 watts of power. Originally, the station aired programming in five different languages, hence the call sign ("cinq" being the French word for "five"). Those five languages were English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek. Creole and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) would be added later.
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| FM radio stations in Montreal |
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| CBME 88.5 • CISM 89.3 • CKUT 90.3 • CIRA 91.3 • CKLX 91.9 • CFQR 92.5 • CBM 93.5 • CKMF 94.3 • CBF 95.1 • CJFM 95.9 • CKOI 96.9 • CHOM 97.7 • CJPX 99.5 • CBFX 100.7 • CIBL 101.5 • CINQ 102.3 • CKDG 105.1 • CKAV-10 106.7 • CITE 107.3 Châteauguay: CHAI 101.9 • Joliette: CJLM 103.5 • Kahnawake: CKRK 103.7 • Lachute: CJLA 104.9 • Laval: CFGL 105.7 • Longueuil: CHMP 98.5 • CHAA 103.3 Saint-Hyacinthe: CFEI 106.5 • Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu: CFZZ 104.1 • Saint-Jérôme: CIME 103.9 • Valleyfield: CKOD 103.1 See also: Montreal (FM) (AM) |
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