- CHOU (AM)
Infobox Radio station
name = CHOU
city =Montreal ,Quebec
branding = CRMO Radio Middle East
sister station =
slogan =
airdate =1996 (SCMO );2007 (AM)
frequency = 1450kHz (AM)
format =multilingual
power = 1 kW
former_callsigns =
class = C
callsign_meaning = (unknown)
owner = Radio Moyen-Orient
website = http://www.crmo.ca/CHOU is a
multilingual Canadianradio station located inMontreal ,Quebec .Owned and operated by 9015-2018 Québec inc., an independent company doing business under the name "Radio Moyen Orient du Canada" [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-82.htm] , CHOU broadcasts on 1450 kHz with a power of 1,000
watt s as a class C station, using anomnidirectional antenna .The station has a variety format which mainly targets the local Arabic community; most of its programming is accordingly done using the various Arabic dialects. CHOU identifies itself as CRMO Radio Middle East.
CHOU was first heard on the AM dial on January 18, 2007. [http://mediumwave.info/news.html] The AM signal replaces a previous
SCMO (Subsidiary Communications Multiplex Operations) service located under the main carrier ofCISM-FM [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/1996/DB96-634.HTM] . The SCMO service went on the air in 1996 [http://www.crmo.ca/aboutus.asp] .The 1450 kHz frequency was previously used in Granby, approximately 60 kilometres east of Montreal, by CHEF; that station went dark in 1996.
External links
* [http://www.crmo.ca/ CRMO -- Radio Middle East (official website)]
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