CHRN is a

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which operates at 1610

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/ AM in

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, Canada. The station serves as a flagship for Radio Humsafar, an international radio network serving the

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n diaspora. CHRN is Radio Humsafar's second radio station in the Greater Montreal area, as it also owns CJLV. Radio Humsafar received approval for the station from the

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on May 16, 2014. The station will operate at 1610 kHz with a universal transmitter power of 1,000 watts. The 1610 frequency was previously occupied by

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from 2002 until 2009, when it relocated to 1410 kHz. Radio Humsafar previously applied for a station on March 16, 2011, which would have broadcast at 1400 kHz with a power of 1,000 watts; this application was later withdrawn, for unknown reasons,Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2011-188-6
/ref> though a station at this position would have been first-adjacent to CJWI at 1410 kHz, which would have created interference issues. CHRN is one of only two full-power stations in North America to use the 1610 frequency, the other being CHHA; the frequency has been unused in Mexico since 2018 and is reserved in the United States for

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References

External links

Radio Humsafar

CHRN-AM history
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