CHOC-FM is a
French-language
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radio station
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that broadcasts at 88.7
MHz
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FM in
Saint-Raymond de Portneuf, Quebec,
Canada
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.
History
In 2018, a group from the region led by Michel Lambert filed for a new radio station to serve the Portneuf
regional county municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , MRC) is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality.
Regional county municipalit ...
. The
CRTC
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; ) is a public organization in Canada tasked with the mandate as a regulatory agency tribunal for various electronic communications, covering broadcasting and telecommunic ...
deemed that there was room for one new commercial outlet there, and since no other party had filed, it approved his application for licence on October 25, 2019.
Per the application, the station first broadcast an adult contemporary format with hits from 1965 to today, along with two public affairs programs and a specialty country music show on the weekends. The station slightly changed ownership and its format in 2021, turning into a mix of classic rock and classic pop.
On May 10, 2022, the CRTC denied an application by 11733630 Canada Inc. to operate a new FM transmitter at 103.7 MHz in
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec.
On September 22, 2023, the CRTC approved an application by 11733630 Canada Inc. to add a new FM transmitter at
Neuville, Quebec
Neuville () is a Canadian village founded in 1684.
History
In 1653, the area was granted as a seigneurie by Jean de Lauson to Jean Bourdon de Saint-Jean (ca. 1601–1668) for his son Jean-François Bourdon de Dombourg (1647–1690), who was a ...
on the frequency of 99.5 MHz (channel 258A1) with a maximum effective radiated power (ERP) of 140 watts, an average ERP of 87 watts, a directional antenna, and an effective height of the antenna above average terrain (EHAAT) of 82.4 metres. The new transmitter, CHOC-FM-1 at 99.5 MHz in Neuville, would rebroadcast the programming of CHOC-FM 88.7 Saint-Raymond de Portneuf.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2023-323
CHOC-FM Saint-Raymond-de-Portneuf – New transmitter in Neuville, ''CRTC'', September 25, 2023
Notes
The CHOC callsign was used at a former radio station
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in Saint-Rémi, Quebec from 1998 until 2018.
References
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Radio stations established in 2020
2020 establishments in Quebec
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