CHAK (AM)

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CHAK
City of license Inuvik, Northwest Territories
Broadcast area Western Arctic
Branding CBC Radio One
CBC North
Frequency 860 KHz (AM)
First air date 1960
Format public broadcasting
ERP 1,000 watts
Class B
Callsign meaning C H AKlavik
Owner Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website CBC North

CHAK is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 860 AM in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network known as CBC North.

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[edit] History

CHAK was launched in 1960 as a local community station in neighbouring Aklavik on AM 1230. That same year, a new station was being built by the CBC in the new town of Inuvik to replace the old station in Aklavik. The new CHAK went on the air on November 26, 1960 on a new frequency, 860. The station was now part of the CBC Northern Radio Service. CHAK received CBC news and topical programs by picking up CBX 1010 (later 740) Edmonton and relaying the broadcast. Tapes recorded in Montreal, Quebec were also flown in on regular airline flights. Eventually the station was linked into the primary CBC network feed.

[edit] Local programming

During the network's primary local programming breaks, CHAK airs the same programs as CFYK in Yellowknife, including The Trailbreaker on weekday mornings, the noon-hour program Northwind, Trail's End in the afternoons, and Northern Air on weekend mornings.

However, the two stations both diverge from Radio One network programming in the afternoons, producing separate programming streams for their local First Nations communities. CHAK airs Nantaii in Gwich'in from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. and Tusaavik in Inuvialuktun from 3:00 until 4 p.m.

CHAK has two rebroadcasters in Nunavut, both in communities where CFFB, the CBC North station in Iqaluit, also broadcasts. This is done in order to provide CHAK's afternoon First Nations programming to these communities, as CFFB's afternoon schedule concentrates on programming in Inuktitut.

[edit] Rebroadcasters

CHAK has the following rebroadcasters:

Community-owned rebroadcasters:

Unlicenced rebroadcasters:

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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