CION-FM is a
French-language
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Canadian
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radio station
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located in
Quebec City
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,
Quebec
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.
Owned and operated by the Fondation Radio Galilée, it broadcasts on 90.9
MHz
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with an
effective radiated power
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of 5,865
watt
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s (
class B) using an
omnidirectional antenna.
Decision CRTC 94-814
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The station has a religious broadcasting
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(Christian
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) format
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since it went on the air on September 19, 1995, and identifies itself as "Radio Galilée".
Transmitters
References
External links
Radio Galilée
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Ion
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Ion
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The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by conven ...
Ion
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The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by conven ...
Radio stations established in 1995
1995 establishments in Quebec
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