CHFO (AM)

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CHFO
Frequency 1350 kHz
Programming
Language French
Format Community radio
Ownership
OwnerRadio Communautaire Francophone et Francophile de l’Outaouais
History
First air date
2018 (2018)
Last air date
2019 (2019)
Technical information
Class C
Power 1 kW (daytime)
0.18 kW (nighttime)

CHFO was a French language Canadian radio station transmitting on 1350 kHz (AM) in Gatineau, Quebec. The station had a community radio format.

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History

On November 29, 2017, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved an application by Radio Communautaire Francophone et Francophile de l’Outaouais to operate a new French-language community radio station in Gatineau, Quebec. The new station would operate on the AM band on 1350 kHz with a daytime transmitter power of 1,000 watts and a nighttime transmitter power of 180 watts. [1]

In February 2018, the station began on-air testing on 1350 kHz. [2] In 2019, the station left the air permanently. [3]

Notes

AM 1350 in Gatineau was previously used by CIRA-5, a rebroadcaster of CIRA-FM in Montreal from 2012 until it left the air in 2015.

References

  1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-418, Community radio station in Gatineau, CRTC, November 29, 2017
  2. 1350 AM Gatineau, radiodiscussions.com, March 4, 2018
  3. CHFO 1350 in Gatineau is off the air, Canadian Radio News/Facebook, April 14, 2019