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| Frequency | 107.7MHz (FM) |
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| Branding | 107,7 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio (French) |
| Affiliations | Sherbrooke Phoenix |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| CFGE-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | June 27, 1937 (AM) August 20, 2007 (FM) |
Former call signs | CHLT (1937–2007) CHLT-FM (2007–2011) |
Call sign meaning | disambiguation of sister stationCKOI-FM |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 11,000watts average 25,000watts peak vertical & horizontal polarization |
| HAAT | 226.5 meters (743 ft) |
| Links | |
| Website | www.fm1077.ca |
CKOY-FM is aFrench-languageCanadianradio station located inSherbrooke, Quebec.
Owned and operated byCogeco, it broadcasts on 107.7MHz using adirectional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 11,000watts and a peakeffective radiated power of 25,000 watts (class C1). The station's transmitter is located atMount Bellevue.
The station identifies itself as "107,7 FM" and is one of the few full-time FM talk stations inNorth America to broadcast instereo.
The station first aired asCHLT onAM 1210kHz in 1937, moved to AM 1240 on March 29, 1941, moved to AM 900 in 1946 and then to 630 AM in the 1950s. It was owned by the city's main newspaper,La Tribune, hence its call letters. Originally aRadio-Canada affiliate, it became independent in 1978 whenCBF set up a repeater in the city.
The station moved to the FM band asCHLT-FM on August 20, 2007.[1] Due to signal deficiencies on 102.1, the station was given CRTC approval to move to 107.7 FM on July 30, 2008.[2] Since its transmitter site is located at Mount Bellevue, the station has (unlike competitorsCITE-FM-1 andCIMO-FM) good coverage in the city of Sherbrooke. The call sign "CHLT-FM" was previously used byCITE-FM-1, which was originally created in the 1960s as a sister station of CHLT.
In March 2009, then-ownerCorus Entertainment announced plans to drop the talk radio format on CHLT,CJRC-FM inGatineau,CHLN-FM inTrois-Rivières andCKRS-FM inSaguenay in favour of aclassic hits-oldies format branded as"Souvenirs Garantis", effective on March 28, 2009.[3]
On December 17, 2010, the CRTC approved the sale of most of Corus' radio stations in Quebec, including CHLT-FM, to Cogeco.[4]
On February 1, 2011, Cogeco swapped the music formats on104.5 FM and 107.7 FM. 107.7 assumed thehot adult contemporaryformat andCKOY-FM calls that was previously used on 104.5, which would assume the Souvenirs Garantis format.[5] (104.5 FM, last known asCJTS-FM, would cease operations on December 6, 2011.)
On June 20, 2012, Cogeco announced that CKOY-FM, along with CKOF-FM and CKOB-FM, will revert to their talk formats on August 20, 2012, all but dismantling theCKOI network. Apart from an expansion of talk programming, no changes in current talk and sports programming are expected for these stations.[6][7]
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