CKOY-FM is a

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Canadian radio station located in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Owned and operated by

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, it broadcasts on 107.7 MHz using a

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with an average effective radiated power of 11,000 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 25,000 watts ( class C1). The station's transmitter is located at Mount Bellevue. The station identifies itself as "107,7 FM" and is one of the few full-time FM talk stations in

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to broadcast in

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History

The station first aired as CHLT on AM 1210

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in 1937, moved to AM 1240 on March 29, 1941, moved to AM 900 in 1946 and then to 630 AM in the 1950s. It was owned by the city's main newspaper, '' La Tribune,'' hence its call letters. Originally a

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affiliate, it became independent in 1978 when CBF set up a repeater in the city. The station moved to the FM band as CHLT-FM on August 20, 2007. Due to signal deficiencies on 102.1, the station was given CRTC approval to move to 107.7 FM on July 30, 2008. Since its transmitter site is located at Mount Bellevue, the station has (unlike competitors CITE-FM-1 and CIMO-FM) good coverage in the city of Sherbrooke. The call sign "CHLT-FM" was previously used by CITE-FM-1, which was originally created in the 1960s as a sister station of CHLT. In March 2009, then-owner Corus Entertainment announced plans to drop the talk radio format on CHLT, CJRC-FM in

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CHLN-FM CKOB-FM is a French language, French-language Canada, Canadian radio station located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 106.9 Hertz, MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power ...

in Trois-Rivières and

CKRS-FM CILM-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec. The station carries adult contemporary format as part of the Rythme FM network. Owned by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 98.3 MHz using a directional antenna with a ...

in Saguenay in favour of a classic hits- oldies format branded as ''" Souvenirs Garantis"'', effective on March 28, 2009. On December 17, 2010, the CRTC approved the sale of most of Corus' radio stations in Quebec, including CHLT-FM, to Cogeco. On February 1, 2011, Cogeco swapped the music formats on

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and 107.7 FM. 107.7 assumed the hot adult contemporary

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and CKOY-FM calls that was previously used on 104.5, which would assume the Souvenirs Garantis format. (104.5 FM, last known as CJTS-FM, would cease operations on December 6, 2011.) On June 20, 2012, Cogeco announced that CKOY-FM, along with CKOF-FM and CKOB-FM, will revert to their talk formats on August 20, 2012, all but dismantling the CKOI network. Apart from an expansion of talk programming, no changes in current talk and sports programming are expected for these stations.Cogeco press release: "COGECO Diffusion : expansion de son réseau parlé", June 20, 2012.

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KOY KOY (1230 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Phoenix, Arizona, and is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station broadcasts a Regional Mexican radio format and is branded as "93.7 El Patrón". The studios are located in Phoe ...

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