CINQ-FM is a

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located in

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. It broadcasts on 102.3 MHz using a

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with an average

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of 1,285

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s and a peak effective radiated power of 2,335 watts ( class A). Its studios are located on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal. The station operates under a

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licence and offers varied programming in seven different languages whereas all programmes are produced and animated by volunteers. It identifies itself as "Radio Centre-Ville". CINQ-FM opened on 27 January 1975; at the time the station was on 99.3 MHz and used only 7.5 watts of power. Originally, the station aired programming in five different languages, hence the

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("cinq" being the French word for "five"). Those five languages were English,

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, Portuguese, and

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. It has since added

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and Haitian Creole programming to its lineup.

External links

Official website
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CINQ-FM's Chinese team blog
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