CKOB-FM is a

French-language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

Canadian radio station located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Owned and operated by

Cogeco Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications and media company. Its corporate offices are located at 1 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec. The company is structured into three strategic business units (SBU); Cogeco Connexion, Breezeline ( ...

, it broadcasts on 106.9 MHz using a

directional antenna A directional antenna or beam antenna is an antenna which radiates or receives greater power in specific directions allowing increased performance and reduced interference from unwanted sources. Directional antennas provide increased performance ...

with an average effective radiated power of 59,000 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, as a Class C1 station. The station moved to the FM band on August 20, 200

it was previously heard on the AM band, on 550 Hertz, kHz, with a daytime power of 10,000 watts and a nighttime power of 5,000 watts as a class B station, using a

with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional patterns in order to protect various other stations on that frequency. The station identifies itself as ''106,9 FM'' and is one of the few full-time FM talk stations in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

to broadcast in

stereo Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configuration ...

. CKOB went on the air as CHLN, an AM station on October 17, 1937, and was originally on 1420 kHz; it moved to 1450 in 1941, and moved again to 550 in 1945. CHLN had one rebroadcaster, namely CKSM in

Shawinigan Shawinigan () is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,349 as of the 2016 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) an ...

. That station broadcast on 1220 kHz, with a daytime power of 10,000 watts and a nighttime power of 2,500 watts as a class B station, using a directional antenna with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional patterns in order to protect various other stations on that frequency. CKSM went on the air on April 29, 1951, and ceased to produce local programming on June 12, 1995. CKSM was not owned by Corus Entertainment as it was retained by

Astral Media Astral Media Inc. was a Canadian media conglomerate. It was Canada's largest radio broadcaster, with 84 radio stations in eight provinces. Astral was also a major player in premium and specialty television in Canada, with 23 specialty channels ...

; it ceased to broadcast on June 30, 2007. CHLN was authorized by the

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...

(CRTC) to move to FM on November 24, 2006. CHLN started broadcasting at 106.9 FM on August 20, 2007. Rebroadcaster CKSM was not affected by this decision. In March 2009, then-owner Corus Entertainment announced plans to drop the talk format on Corus Québec outlets CHLN, CJRC-FM in

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...

, CHLT-FM in Sherbrooke and CKRS-FM in Saguenay in favour of a classic hits- oldies format branded as ''" Souvenirs Garantis"'', effective on March 28, 2009. On December 17, 2010, the CRTC approved the sale of most of Corus' radio stations in Quebec, including CHLN-FM, to

On February 21 at 5:30 am, CHLN-FM flipped to the Hot Adult Contemporary format and ''CKOI'' branding implemented by its Montreal sister station,

CKOI-FM :For the CKOI radio network, see ''CKOI (network)''. CKOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Verdun, Quebec and serving the Greater Montreal area, airing a CHR/Top 40 radio format. Owned and operated by Cogeco, CKOI-FM bro ...

, as the station change its callsign to CKOB-FM. On June 20, 2012, Cogeco announced that CKOB-FM, along with CKOF-FM and CKOY-FM, will revert to their talk formats on August 20, 2012, all but dismantling the CKOI network. Apart from an expansion of talk programming, no changes in current talk and sports programming are expected for these stations.Cogeco press release: "COGECO Diffusion : expansion de son réseau parlé", June 20, 2012.
CKOB was a former call sign from an AM radio station, CKOB in Renfrew, Ontario in the 1970s through to the 1990s and the call sign was believed to be used previously as a radio station repeater in

Obed Mine, Alberta Obed may refer to: Geography * Obed, Alberta, an unincorporated community in west-central Alberta, Canada *Obed, Arizona, a ghost town in northern Arizona, U.S. * Obed, Croatia, a settlement in Orle, Croatia * Little Obed River, a ten mile long ...

References

External links

106,9 FM
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ckob-Fm Kob Kob Kob Kob Radio stations established in 1937 1937 establishments in Quebec