CHUO-FM

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CHUO-FM

City of license	Ottawa, Ontario
Frequency	89.1 MHz (FM)
First air date	1984 (cable/closed circuit) May 31, 1991 (FM)
Format	campus radio
ERP	3.2 kW
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	CH University of Ottawa
Owner	CHUO
Webcast	MP3 stream Real Player stream
Website	chuo.fm

CHUO-FM is a Canadian community-based campus radio station, broadcasting at 89.1 FM in Ottawa, on Rogers digital cable on channel 943, via RealAudio stream and in MP3. It is the campus radio station of the University of Ottawa, and a member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association in Canada as well as the world community radio association AMARC.

History

The station began as a radio club transmitting as CHOR, an AM carrier current station on 670 kHz in 1975 on the University of Ottawa campus. By 1984 CHOR was known as CFUO which started cable-casting and could be heard on closed circuit in the university's student residences. It was subsequently awarded a broadcast license by the CRTC,^[1] and began broadcasting at 89.1 FM on May 31, 1991.

The station is bilingual, broadcasting in both of Canada's official languages; English and French. CHUO's programming is composed of 45% English programming, 45% French programming and 10% in third languages.

Notables

Tom Green hosted The Midnight Caller program on the station for several years in the mid-1990s before moving to television with Rogers Cable's Ottawa community channel. CHUO has spawned other long-standing local voices many of whom have been at the station for more than a decade. Papa Richie has hosted Rockers since 1986, and Black on Black (Ottawa's premiere black community arts and culture show) since the mid 90's; noted academic activist and former University of Ottawa professor Denis Rancourtwas host of Thursday night program Five O'Clock Train at CHUO.

In 1997, CHUO won a Standard Broadcast award for a bilingual spoken word series entitled "Women's Words".^[2] In 2009, CHUO was the proud recipient of two National Campus and Community Radio awards. André St-Jacques, host of Jazz Vox, Jazz et Compagnie, Rétro Radio, les Écrans Compacts, and Café Québec, won an award in the category of NCRA Volunteer of the year. DJ Alive and Your Favourite Light Skin won the 2009 NCRA award in the category of local talent development.

Studios

CHUO's studios, formerly located in the overhanging walkway extending from the centre of this photograph towards the right, are now located in the Morriset Library building seen in the background.

The station's studios were formerly located in a walkway linking University of Ottawa's Morriset Library with the Thompson student residence. In September 2005 the station moved to new facilities in the basement of the Morriset library building. CHUO is presently located at 65 University private, suite 0038. Its office hours are from Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, but one can often find station staff at other times.

References

External links

CHUO
Listen Live (MP3 Streaming)
CHUO history at Canadian Communications Foundation
Query the REC's Canadian station database for CHUO-FM

v t e Radio stations in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec

Ottawa AM	CFRA 580 CFGO 1200 CIWW 1310 CHYW 1630

Ottawa FM	CILV 88.5 CHUO 89.1 CIHT 89.9 CBOF 90.7 CBO 91.5 VF8013 92.3 CKCU 93.1 CKKL 93.9 CJFO 94.5 CKAV-10 95.7 CIIO 96.1 CIIF 97.5 CJLL 97.9 CJWL 98.5 CHRI 99.1 CJOT 99.7 CJMJ 100.3 CIDG 101.9 CBOX 102.5 CBOQ 103.3 CISS 105.3 CHEZ 106.1 CKQB 106.9 CKDJ 107.9

Gatineau	CIRA-5 1350 CJEU 1670 CIMF 94.9 CFTX 96.5 CHLX 97.1 CKTF 104.1 CKOF 104.7

Smiths Falls	CJET 92.3 CKBY 101.1

Perth	CHLK 88.1

Kemptville	CKKV 97.5

Defunct stations	CKCH 970 Mix FM 91.9 (pirate)

Weatheradio Canada	VBE719 162.550 (Ottawa-Gatineau)

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Coordinates: 45°25′23″N 75°41′04″W / 45.42309°N 75.68454°W / 45.42309; -75.68454

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