CHLC-FM is a
Class B FM station broadcasting on the frequency of 97.1 MHz using an
omnidirectional antenna
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. The station has a
hot adult contemporary
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format.
CHLC-FM operates a
rebroadcaster
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater ( two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tr ...
in
Forestville, namely CFRP-FM which broadcasts on 100.5 MHz using a
directional antenna
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with an average effective radiated power of 3,374 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 6,000 watts (
class A).
Both stations were previously on the
AM band
Medium wave (MW) is a part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting, AM radio broadcasting. The spectrum provides about 120 channels with more limited sound quality than FM stations on the FM broadcast band. Duri ...
. CHLC was on 580
kHz
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until 1996, and CFRP was on 620 kHz until 2005.
Decision CRTC 93-695
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References
External links
www.chlc.com
- FM 97,1 et FM 100,5
CHLC-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
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