CHPD-FM

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CHPD-FM
Broadcast area Elgin County
Frequency 105.9 MHz (FM)
BrandingDe Brigj
Programming
Language(s) Plautdietsch
Format News, Weather, Ethnic and Cultural Music
Ownership
OwnerAylmer & Area Inter-Mennonite Community
History
First air date
September 2, 2003
Former frequencies
107.7 MHz (2003–2005)
Technical information
Class A1
ERP 250 watts
Vertical Polarization Only
HAAT 41.8 meters (137 ft)
Links
Website mcson.org/programs/de-brigj

CHPD-FM (also called De Brigj) is a low-power Mennonite community radio station broadcasting at 105.9 FM in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada. The Aylmer and area Inter-Mennonite Community Council, was given approval in 2003, to operate a low-power German language FM radio station at 107.7 MHz to serve the local German-speaking Mennonite community. The station includes news, weather, ethnic and cultural music, and health care information programming. In 2005, CHPD moved to its current frequency at 105.9 FM.

The callsign meaning of CHPD is "Canada Horcht Plaut Dietsch". Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German) is the language of the Russian Mennonites. According to manager Hein Rempel, CHPD-FM is Canada's first and only Low German-language radio station. Hein was born in Mexico and moved to Canada in 1965.

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