CHFO was a

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located at 1350 kHz (AM) in

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. The station had a

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format.

History

On November 29, 2017, the

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(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 at 1350 kHz with a daytime transmitter power of 1,000 watts and a nighttime transmitter power of 180 watts. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-418
Community radio station in Gatineau, ''CRTC'', November 29, 2017 In February 2018, the station began on-air testing at 1350 kHz and officially signed on in the spring. In 2019, the station left the air permanently.

Notes

AM 1350 in Gatineau was previously used by CIRA-5, a rebroadcaster of

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from 2012 until it left the air in 2015.

References

External links

History of CHFO
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