CHAT-FM is a Canadian

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that broadcasts a

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at 94.5 FM in

Medicine Hat, Alberta Medicine Hat is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff to the northwest are withi ...

. The station is owned by the

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History

The station originally began broadcasting as an AM station on November 1, 1946 at 1270 kHz, where it remained until the station moved to 94.5 FM in 2006. It was a

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Dominion Network The Dominion Network was the second English-language radio network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from January 1, 1944 to 1962. It consisted of the CBC-owned CJBC radio station in Toronto and a series of 34 privately owned affiliates ...

until 1962 when the network dissolved. It then became an affiliate of the main CBC Radio network and remained so until 1994 when CBC built a repeater of CBR for the Medicine Hat area. In October 2022, the station rebranded as ''Wild 94.5'', taking its name from Calgary sister station CKWD-FM.

Notable people

Jurgen Gothe Jurgen Gothe (April 4, 1944 – April 9, 2015) was a German-born Canadian radio broadcaster and print columnist. For 23 years, from 1985 to 2008, he was host of the national classical music program '' DiscDrive'', which aired across Canada on CBC ...

, who later became a prominent national broadcaster on

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, got his start as an advertising copywriter for the station."Gothe understands the magic of his medium". ''Broadcast Week'', August 15, 1987. Doug McArthur, accomplished news broadcaster, was a linchpin of the radio news department throughout the 1980s.

References

External links

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Radio stations established in 1946 1946 establishments in Alberta

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