CHLM-FM

CHLM-FM
City of license Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Broadcast area Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Branding Ici Radio-Canada Première
Frequency 90.7 MHz (FM)
First air date 1976
Format francophone news/talk
Power 25 kW
Class B
Owner Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website Radio-Canada Abitibi-Témiscamingue

CHLM-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 90.7 FM in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The station broadcasts the programming of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network.

History

In 1976, then-owner Radio-Nord Communications was granted a license from the CRTC, in which the station would operate as Radio-Canada's private affiliate of what was then called "Première Chaîne"; also included was a rebroadcaster, CHLM-FM-1 at Lithium Mines, serving nearby Val-d'Or, operating on 97.3 MHz with effective radiated power of 52,000 watts. In 1979, CHLM-FM-1 was authorized to change frequency from 97.3 MHz to 103.5 MHz and to increase effective radiated power from 52,000 watts to 55,300 watts.

CHLM-FM and CHLM-FM-1 signed on the air by 1980; eventually, CHLM-FM-1's city of license would have changed to Amos, and broadcasting on another different frequency, 91.5 MHz.

On September 7, 1989, the station was denied a licence to add a transmitter at Ville-Marie, Quebec on 100.5 MHz. [1] In 2002, the CBC would add a transmitter of their own serving Ville-Marie, CBFY-FM 89.1, rebroadcasting CHLM-FM.[2]

In February 2000, CHLM-FM and CHLM-FM-1 became full-time re-broadcasters of the Radio-Canada network.

It was directly acquired by the CBC in 2004. [3]

Programming

The station's local programs are Les Matins en or in the mornings, and Le Radio-magazine in the afternoons.

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CHLM-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNet CRTC Decision
Amos/Val-d'Or CHLM-FM-1 91.5 FM 34400 watts B Query 89-677
La Sarre CHLM-FM-2 100.7 FM 4290 watts A Query 2007-105
Lebel-sur-Quévillon CBF-3 650 AM 40 watts LP Query 86-1031
Matagami CBF-4 1140 AM 40 watts A Query
Senneterre CBF-1 710 AM 40 watts LP Query
Témiscaming CBFZ-FM 103.1 FM 1500 watts A Query 2001-261
Ville-Marie CBFY-FM 89.1 FM 15900 watts C1 Query 2002-445

On July 29, 2010, the CRTC approved the application to transfer transmitters CBF-1, CBF-3 and CBF-4 from CBF-FM Montreal to CHLM-FM.[4]

References

  1. Decision CRTC 89-683
  2. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-445, December 13, 2002.
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-399, CHLM-FM Rouyn-Noranda and its transmitter CHLM-FM-1 Amos/Val d'Or - Acquisition of assets, CRTC, September 1, 2004
  4. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-527

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Coordinates: 48°15′55″N 79°02′36″W / 48.26528°N 79.04333°W