CHUO-FM is a Canadian community-based

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, broadcasting at 89.1 FM in

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, on

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on channel 943, via

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stream and in

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. It is the

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station of the

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, a member of the

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in Canada, and a member of the world community radio association

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. CHUO's studios are located on the campus of the University of Ottawa, while its transmitter is located in

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History

The station began as a radio club transmitting as CHOR, an AM carrier current station on 670 kHz in 1975 on the University of Ottawa campus. By 1984 CHOR was known as CFUO which started cable-casting and could be heard on

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in the university's student residences. It was subsequently awarded a broadcast license by the

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, and began broadcasting at 89.1 FM on May 31, 1991. The station is

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, broadcasting in both of

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's official languages;

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and French. CHUO's programming is composed of 45%

programming, 45% French programming, and 10% in third languages. CHUO 89.1 FM is Ottawa-Gatineau's home for Black media including programs BY and FOR the community - Ici L'Afrique, Afrika Revisited, Black on Black, Rockers, Caribbean Flavour, Fréquances Antillaises, Bouyon Racin, Men Kontré, Tropic FM, FREESTYLE, and more. CHUO 89.1 FM launched a morning drive-time hip-hop show in June 2019.

Notables

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hosted ''The Midnight Caller'' program on the station for several years in the mid-1990s before moving to television with

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's Ottawa community channel. Papa Richie hosts ''Rockers'' since 1986. A collective including Patricia Harewood, Adrienne Codette, Jacquie Stewart, Sarah Onyango, and Jackie Laurence host ''Black on Black'' (Ottawa's premiere black community arts and culture show) since the early 1990s. CHUO alumni include Adrian Harewood (CBC), Laura Osman (CBC), Emma Godmere (CBC), Alanna Stuart (BONJAY, CBC), Terry Loretto (CBC) In 1997, CHUO won a Standard Broadcast award for a bilingual spoken word series entitled "Women's Words". In 2009, CHUO was the proud recipient of two National Campus and Community Radio awards. André St-Jacques, host of ''Jazz Vox'', ''Jazz et Compagnie'', ''Rétro Radio'', ''les Écrans Compacts'', and ''Café Québec'', won an award in the category of NCRA Volunteer of the year. DJ Alive and Your Favourite Light Skin won the 2009 NCRA award in the category of local talent development.

Studios

The station's studios used to be located in a walkway linking

's Morriset Library with the Thompson student residence. In September 2005 the station moved to new facilities in the basement of the Morriset library building. CHUO is located at 65 University Private, suite 0038. Its office hours are from Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.

References

External links

CHUOListen Live
(MP3 Streaming) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chuo-Fm Radio stations established in 1984 Huo University of Ottawa Huo 1984 establishments in Ontario