''CHMA-FM'' is a

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broadcasting at 106.9 MHz in

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, Canada. It is a campus/community station functioning as the

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station of

Mount Allison University Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MtA) is a Canadian primarily undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, founded in 1839. Like other liberal arts colleges in North America, Mount Allison does not par ...

and the

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station of

History

On April 10, 1975, Attic Broadcasting Co. Ltd. (Mount Allison U.) received approval to operate a new AM radio station on 670 kHz at Sackville, New Brunswick. On August 12, 1985, Attic Broadcasting received approval from the

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(CRTC) to convert CHMA from the AM dial to the FM dial at 106.9 MHz.

About

Attic Broadcasting, which is the administrative body in charge of CHMA, is funded by the students at Mount Allison University and by community members. The programmers and board of directors consist of volunteers from the university and surrounding community. Day-to-day operations are supervised by a permanent station manager and programming director and a largely volunteer staff consisting of students and local community members. Some notable past programmers include CBC broadcasters

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and Khalil Akhtar, as well as

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ians

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and

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. CHMA airs the popular syndicated programme,

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every weekday.

Charts

CHMA maintains a top 30

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. The tracking time for CHMA's chart is every Wednesday from 2:00 - 5:00 PM AST.

Stereophonic Music Festival

CHMA-FM is the primary organizer of an annual music festival called ''Stereophonic''.Mount Allison University: Stereophonic About
/ref> The festival is dedicated to promoting local talent and volunteerism on all levels. Notable past performers include:

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, Two Hours Traffic,

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, Tom Fun Orchestra,

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and many others.

References

External links

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