CKRB-FM

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CKRB-FM
CKRB COOL103.5 logo.png
Broadcast area Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality
Frequency 103.5 MHz (FM)
BrandingCool FM 103,5
Programming
Format Adult contemporary (French)
Ownership
Owner
CHJM-FM
History
First air date
July 22, 1952
Former call signs
CHRB (1952-1999)
Former frequencies
1400 kHz (AM) (1952-1959)
1250 kHz (1959-1965)
1460 kHz (1965-1999)
103.3 MHz (1999-2009)
Technical information
Class B
ERP 15.01 kWs
HAAT 124.9 meters (410 ft)
Links
Website coolfm.biz

CKRB-FM(Cool FM 103,5) is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saint-Georges, Quebec.

Contents

Owned and operated by Radio Beauce, a subsidiary of Groupe Radio Simard, it broadcasts on 103.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 17,000 watts (class B) using an omnidirectional antenna.

History

CKRB went on the air on July 22, 1952 [1] as an AM station broadcasting on 1400 kHz; at the time the station only had a power of 250 watts. In 1959, CKRB moved to 1250 kHz with 5,000 watts. In 1965, CKRB would later move to 1460 kHz and increase its power to 10,000 watts (daytime) and 5,000 watts (nighttime). By 1985, CKRB had converted its transmitter to AM stereo. [2] The station moved to the FM band at 103.3 MHz on March 29, 1999. [3] [4]

In 2005, the station was authorized by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to change CKRB-FM's frequency from 103.3 MHz to 103.5 MHz and increase its power to 17,000 watts as a class B station. [5] It moved to 103.5 in January 2009.

The station has an adult contemporary format and identifies itself as Cool FM 103,5.

Notes

CIRB in Lac-Etchemin was a rebroadcaster of CKRB Saint-Georges that operated from 1977 until it went off the air in 1991.

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References

  1. ↑ Dallaire, Luce. "La vie communautaire", Le Soleil, July 14, 2002, p. B-9.
  2. ↑ Roy, Yves. "La page non-officielle de CKRB 103,5 FM".
  3. ↑ Dallaire, Luce. "CKRB diffuse depuis Haïti ", Le Soleil, March 29, 1999, p. A-6
  4. ↑ Decision CRTC 98-471
  5. ↑ Decision CRTC 2005-179

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