CHPR-FM is a Canadian radio station, which airs at 102.1 FM in

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. Owned and operated by Cogeco following its 2018 acquisition of most of the stations formerly owned by

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, the station airs a francophone

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format branded as ''Wow 104,9 102,1 FM''. The station airs a mix of locally produced programming and

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of RNC's

CJLA-FM CJLA-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Lachute, Quebec. Owned and operated by Cogeco following its 2018 acquisition of most of the stations formerly owned by RNC Media, it broadcasts on 104.9 MHz using an omnidirectio ...

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, Quebec. Despite simulcasting the majority of its programming, CHPR-FM is one of only four all-francophone commercial radio stations licensed to communities in Ontario; the other three stations are all in

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and are owned by

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. CHPR-FM is also Cogeco's only broadcasting property outside Quebec, apart from its cable systems.

History

CHPR was originally launched in 1976 as a

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on 1110 kHz

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(to protect WBT

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and

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) to rebroadcast the programming of

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's CFIX. In 1983, ownership of the stations was transferred to Guy Vaillancourt, who also owned CJLA. Due to the area's unique circumstances as a predominantly franco-ontarian community with limited local media service due to the region's proximity to the

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market, the station was also licensed at that time to launch a low power FM repeater to improve reception and provide a nighttime service. Vaillancourt shutdown CFIX that year, and subsequently transferred CHPR's programming source to CJLA. In 1985, he committed to produce 32 hours per week of local programming on CHPR, with CJLA providing the station's programming the rest of the time. In 1987, the FM transmitter increased its signal to 780

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s. The AM transmitter was discontinued at that time. Also that year, CHPR and CJLA affiliated with the Radiomutuel network. The following year, the stations were acquired by Radio Fusion, a subsidiary of RNC Media. In 1997, RNC Media became the direct licensee of the stations after a corporate reorganization. CHPR was also licensed to increase its signal to 3 kW, and to reduce its local programming to 15 hours per week.Decision CRTC 97-49
/ref> In the fall of 2006, the station changed to a more

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-leaning AC format as Lov Radio, even though the AC currents remain on the station. The station rebranded as Planète Lov' in August

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, because of RNC rebranding most of their stations to the Planète name. By 2010, CHPR-FM decreased the amount of oldies played on the station.

References

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Planète 104,9 102,1 FM * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chpr-Fm Radio stations in Eastern Ontario, Hpr Hpr Hpr Hpr Hawkesbury, Ontario Radio stations established in 1976 1976 establishments in Ontario