CHLT-FM

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Owned and operated by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts on 102.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 5,800 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 23,000 watts (class B). The station moved to the FM band on August 20, 2007 [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070820/CPTRIBUNE/70820111/5206/CPACTUALITES] ; the station will continue to broadcast for a year on its former AM frequency, namely 630 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 news/talk format and is part of the Corus Québec (formerly Radiomédia) network which operates across Quebec. The station will be to pass on the frequency 107.7 FM with a power of 24 000 watts because the signal is Is Low and innaceptable on the frequency 102.1 MHz. That application was approved on July 30, 2008. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2008/db2008-150.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-150] ]

The call sign CHLT-FM was previously used by CITE-FM-1, which was originally created in the 1960s as a sister station of CHLT.

References

External links

* [http://www.chlt630.com CHLT 102,1 FM]
*RecnetCanada|CHLT-FM