CHRC (AM)

CHRC
City of license Quebec City, Quebec
Broadcast area Capitale-Nationale
Branding Québec 800
Slogan La Radio AM des Sports
Frequency 800 kHz (AM)
First air date April 1, 1926
Format news/talk/sports (French)
ERP 50 kW
Class B
Callsign meaning C H Radio Capitale
Owner Quebec Remparts
(9183-9084 Québec inc.)
Website Québec 800

CHRC is a French language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec. Known as Québec 800, the station has a news/talk/sports format.

Owned and operated by the Quebec Remparts QMJHL franchise, it broadcasts on 800 kHz with a power of 50,000 watts as a class B station from a site near the Chaudière River near Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon in Lévis, using a very directional antenna with the same directional pattern day and night to protect various other stations on the same frequency, including CJAD in Montreal (which is approximately 250 kilometres (160 mi) away). The station's studios are located at Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City.

It was previously part of the Radiomédia / Corus Québec network, which operated across Quebec. On August 9, 2007, Corus announced a deal to sell the station to a group of local businessmen, namely Michel Cadrin, Jacques Tanguay and Patrick Roy, owners of the Remparts. The new owners plan on converting the station to a primarily sports-based format.[1] This application was approved by the CRTC on June 26, 2008.[2]

CHRC's alumni include former Premier of Quebec René Lévesque, who was a substitute announcer for CHRC during 1941 and 1942.

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