CHRM-FM is a
French-language
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Canadian radio station located in
Matane,
Quebec.
Owned and operated by Les Communications Matane Inc., it broadcasts on 105.3
MHz using an
omnidirectional antenna with an
effective radiated power of 30,000
watts (
class B). CHRM-FM also operates a relay, CHRM-FM-1 in
Les Méchins
Les Méchins is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, about east of Matane along Quebec Route 132.
In addition to Les Méchins (formerly known as Grands-Méchins) itself, the municipality also includes the communities of Anse-des-Méchins, Cherbou ...
which operates on 91.3 MHz using a
directional antenna
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with an average
effective radiated power of 23
watts and a peak effective radiated power of 49 watts (
class LP).
The station has an
adult contemporary format
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* Paper formats, or paper size standards
* Newspaper format, the size of the paper page
Computing
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, and has occasionally had some
talk
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Communication
* Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people
* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
programming and sports
play-by-play.
Originally known as CHRM when the station was on the
AM band on 1290
kHz
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, the station moved to
FM in 2001. CHRM went on the air on April 13, 1975 and was the first local private radio service in Matane since CKBL (now
CBGA-FM
CBGA-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Matane, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Société Radio-Canada, it broadcasts on 102.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 42,930 watts ( class C1) using an omnidirectional antenna ...
) was bought by
Radio-Canada
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in 1972.
The relay in Les Méchins, which was added as part of the conversion to FM, was originally on 104.1 MHz; it was moved to 91.3 MHz in 2005.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-240
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References
External links
Official site
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Radio stations established in 2001
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