CKRB-FM ''(Cool FM 103,5)'' is a
French-language
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Canadian radio station located in
Saint-Georges,
Quebec.
Owned and operated by Radio Beauce, a subsidiary of
Groupe Radio Simard
Groupe Radio Simard is a Canadian radio broadcasting company, which owns seven radio stations in the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches regions of Quebec. The company's headquarters is in Rivière-du-Loup.
Stations
* La Pocatière - CHOX- ...
, it broadcasts on 103.5
MHz with an
effective radiated power of 17,000
watts (
class B) using an
omnidirectional antenna.
History
CKRB went on the air on July 22, 1952 as an
AM station broadcasting on 1400
kHz
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; at the time the station only had a power of 250 watts. In 1959, CKRB moved to 1250 kHz with 5,000 watts. In 1965, CKRB would later move to 1460 kHz and increase its power to 10,000 watts (daytime) and 5,000 watts (nighttime). By 1985, CKRB had converted its transmitter to
AM stereo. The station moved to the
FM band at 103.3 MHz on March 29, 1999.
In 2005, the station was authorized by the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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(CRTC) to change CKRB-FM's frequency from 103.3 MHz to 103.5 MHz and increase its power to 17,000 watts as a
class B station.
Decision CRTC 2005-179
/ref> It moved to 103.5 in January 2009.
The station has an adult contemporary format
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and identifies itself as ''Cool FM 103,5''.
Notes
CIRB in Lac-Etchemin was a rebroadcaster of CKRB Saint-Georges that operated from 1977 until it went off the air in 1991.
References
External links
Cool FM 103,5
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Radio stations established in 1952
1952 establishments in Quebec