CHEF-FM is a Canadian radio station. Owned by Radio Matagami, the station broadcasts a

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format on 99.9 MHz in

Matagami Matagami (, ) is a small town in Quebec, Canada. It is located north of Amos, on Matagami Lake, at the northern terminus of Route 109 and the start of the James Bay Road (French: ''Route de la Baie James''). It is enclaved within the local ...

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. The station was licensed by the

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in 2000. CHEF also has a

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, broadcasting on 96.9 FM with the call sign CHEF-FM-3, in

Lebel-sur-Quévillon Lebel-sur-Quévillon () is a city (Quebec), city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, located on Quebec Route 113, Route 113 in the Jamésie region. It is located approximately 88 kilometres north of Senneterre ...

. The station applied to the CRTC in 2006 to add a transmitter at

Chibougamau Chibougamau () is the largest town in Nord-du-Québec, central Quebec, Canada. Located on Lake Gilman, it has a population of 7,233 people (2021 Canadian census). Chibougamau is surrounded by, but not part of, the local municipality of Eeyou ...

, but was denied because this would have had a negative impact on the financial viability of Chibougamau's CKXO-FM, due to the small size of the market.CRTC Decision 2006-696
/ref> The station is a member of the

Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec The Alliance des radios communautaires du Québec (ARCQ) is a Canadian organization, which serves as a coordinating body for community radio stations in Quebec.Frédéric Lesemann, Jean-Marie Gourvil and Pierre Hamel, "Les radios communautaires au Q ...

References

External links

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at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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