CHAT-FM is a Canadian
radio station
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that broadcasts a
country
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format at 94.5
FM in
Medicine Hat, Alberta
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. The station is owned by the
Jim Pattison Group
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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
network affiliate
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of
CBC Radio
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's
Dominion Network 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.
The current programming line-up consists of Mornings with Jesse and Lance, Midday's with Kim Johnston, Afternoons with Addison Petrie, and Evenings with Justin Hartman.
Notable people
Jurgen Gothe, who later became a prominent national broadcaster on
CBC Radio 2, 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
Wild 94.5CHAT-FMat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the
Canadian Communications Foundation
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Hat
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Hat
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Hat
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Radio stations established in 1946
1946 establishments in Alberta
HAT
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