CHPD-FM

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CHPD-FM (also called De Brigj) is a low-power Mennonite community radio station broadcasting at 105.9 FM in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada. The Aylmer and area Inter-Mennonite Community Council, was given approval in 2003, to operate a low-power German-Language FM radio station at 107.7 MHz to serve the local German-speaking Mennonite community. The station includes news, weather, ethnic and cultural music, and health care information programming. In 2005, CHPD moved from 107.7 FM to its current frequency at 105.9 FM.

The callsign meaning of CHPD is "Canada horcht Plaut Dietsch". Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German) is the language of the Russian Mennonites. According to manager Hein Rempel, CHPD-FM is Canada’s first and only Low German-language radio station. Hein was born in Mexico and moved to Canada in 1965.

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v t e Radio stations in London/Woodstock/Tillsonburg, Ontario

London	CFPL 980 CJBK 1290 CKSL 1410 CJBX 92.7 CBCL 93.5 CHRW 94.9 CFPL 95.9 CIQM 97.5 CKLO 98.1 CJBC 99.3 CHJX 99.9 CBBL 100.5 CHST 102.3 CIXX 106.9

Elgin County	Aylmer CHPD 105.9 St. Thomas VF8016 90.1 CKZM 94.1 CFHK 103.1

Oxford County	Tillsonburg CKOT 101.3 CJDL 107.3 Woodstock CJFH 94.3 CKDK 103.9 CIHR 104.7

Simcoe	CHCD 98.9

Stratford	CJCS 1240 CHGK 107.7

Strathroy	CJMI 105.7

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Coordinates: 42°45′40″N 80°56′02″W / 42.76111°N 80.93389°W / 42.76111; -80.93389

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