CHOU (AM)
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| CHOU | |
| City of license | Montreal, Quebec |
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| Branding | CRMO Radio Middle East |
| Frequency | 1450 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | 1996 (SCMO); 2007 (AM) |
| Format | multilingual |
| Power | 1 kW |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | (unknown) |
| Owner | Radio Moyen-Orient |
| Website | http://www.crmo.ca/ |
CHOU is a multilingual Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.
Owned and operated by 9015-2018 Québec inc., an independent company doing business under the name "Radio Moyen Orient du Canada" [1], CHOU broadcasts on 1450 kHz with a power of 1,000 watts as a class C station, using an omnidirectional antenna.
The station has a variety format which mainly targets the local Arabic community; most of its programming is accordingly done using the various Arabic dialects. CHOU identifies itself as CRMO Radio Middle East.
CHOU was first heard on the AM dial on January 18, 2007. [2] The AM signal replaces a previous SCMO (Subsidiary Communications Multiplex Operations) service located under the main carrier of CISM-FM [3]. The SCMO service went on the air in 1996 [4].
The 1450 kHz frequency was previously used in Granby, approximately 60 kilometres east of Montreal, by CHEF; that station went dark in 1996.
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