CKDG-FM
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| City of license | Montreal, Quebec |
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| Branding | 105.1 MikeFM / 105.1 CKDG |
| Frequency | 105.1 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | April 17, 2004 |
| Format | multilingual |
| Power | 141 kW |
| Owner | Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio |
| Sister stations | CKIN-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | CKDG Radio |
CKDG-FM is a multilingual Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio (CHCR), it broadcasts on 105.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 141 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 224 watts (class A). Unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono to maximize its Signal to Noise Ratio to all its listeners.
As per its licence, the station is forbidden to use English or French for more than 35 % of its broadcast schedule. CKDG-FM started in May 2005 to use this time for a variety hits format, but only available during the AM and PM drives, branded as "Mike-FM". The multilingual programming is primarily Greek but also includes broadcasts in the following languages: Armenian, Chinese, Hungarian and Russian. Another station in Montreal to carry an adult hits format would be the French-language CJVD-FM 100.1 in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, since that station signed on the air three years after Mike FM came to CKDG-FM.
The station was previously known as CHCR when it was on closed circuit cable for decades, before moving to full-fledged FM in early 2004. The station received CRTC approval in 2003 to operate a new ethnic FM radio station in Montreal.[1]
On May 13, 2010, the station applied to the CRTC to move from 105.1 to 106.7 MHz, a frequency previously used by a local Aboriginal Voices (AVR) repeater; the station would be second adjacent from its sister station, CKIN-FM, at 106.3 MHz;[2] it was the decision regarding CKIN-FM that led to the closedown of the local AVR repeater in 2009.[3] As of January 2012, the CRTC has yet to issue a decision regarding the move to 106.7, despite another broadcaster, Evanov Communications, filing an application for a new station at 106.7 serving the western suburb of Hudson, which may pose interference problems if both stations are active on the same frequency.[4][5]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- 105.1 MIKE-FM / CKDG
- CKDG-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKDG
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