CKOB-FM
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| City of license | Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
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| Broadcast area | Mauricie |
| Branding | CKOI 106.9 |
| Slogan | L'Ultime Radio |
| Frequency | 106.9 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | October 17, 1937 |
| Format | hot adult contemporary |
| Power | 60 kW |
| ERP | 100 kW |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | disambiguation of sister station CKOI-FM |
| Former callsigns | CHLN (1937-2011) |
| Owner | Cogeco (591991 B.C. Ltd.) |
| Sister stations | CJEB-FM |
| Website | CKOI 106.9 |
CKOB-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 106.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 60,000 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (class C1). The station moved to the FM band on August 20, 2007 [1]; it was previously heard on the AM band, on 550 kHz, with a daytime power of 10,000 watts and a nighttime power of 5,000 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.
The station has a hot adult contemporary format under the CKOI 106.9 branding.
CKOB-FM went on the air as CHLN, an AM station on October 17, 1937, and was originally on 1420 kHz; it moved to 1450 kHz in 1941, and moved again to 550 kHz in 1945.[1]
CHLN had one rebroadcaster, namely CKSM in Shawinigan. 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,[2] and ceased to produce local programming on June 12, 1995. CKSM was not owned by Corus Entertainment as it was retained by Astral Media; it ceased to broadcast on June 30, 2007.
CHLN was authorized by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to move to the FM band on November 24, 2006.[3] Rebroadcaster CKSM was not affected by this decision.
In March 2009, then-owner Corus Entertainment announced plans to drop the talk radio format on Corus Québec outlets CHLN, CJRC-FM in Gatineau, 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.[4]
On December 17, 2010, the CRTC approved the sale of most of Corus' radio stations in Quebec, including CHLN-FM, to Cogeco.[5]
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, as the station change its callsign to CKOB-FM.[6][7]
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.
[edit] References
- ^ Bill Dulmage (2006-12-01). "CHLN-AM". Canadian Communications Foundation. http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=543&historyID=640. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ^ Astral Communications inc. (2000-01-14). "Notice annuelle -- Exercice terminé le 31 août 1999" (in French). http://www.astral.com/Sites/astralmedia/Multimedias/financiers/AIF/aif_1999_fr.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-18.[dead link]
- ^ CRTC (2006-11-24). "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-638". http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2006/db2006-638.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ^ Francophone news-talk listeners across much of Quebec will be out of luck at month's end Scott Fybush/NERW, 2009-03-09
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-942: "Transfer of effective control of various commercial radio programming undertakings from Corus Entertainment Inc. to Cogeco inc.", issued December 17, 2010.
- ^ Le Nouvelliste: "CHLN devient CKOI", February 14, 2011.(French)
- ^ Per Industry Canada Broadcasting Database
[edit] External links
- CKOI 106.9
- CHLN-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKOB-FM
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CHLN-FM
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