CHLT (AM)
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| City | Sherbrooke, Quebec |
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| Branding | 107,7 FM |
| Slogan | "Vous le Savez Maintenant!" ("Now You Know!") |
| Frequency | 107.7 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1937 (AM) 2007 (FM) |
| Format | talk radio (French) |
| ERP | 11,000 watts average 25,000 watts peak vertical & horizontal polarization |
| HAAT | 226.5 meters (743 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | disambiguation of sister station CKOI-FM |
| Former callsigns | CHLT (1937-2007) CHLT-FM (2007-2011) |
| Owner |
Cogeco (591991 B.C. Ltd.) |
| Sister stations | CFGE-FM |
| Website | www.fm1077.ca |
CKOY-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 107.7 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 11,000 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 25,000 watts (class C1). The station's transmitter is located at Mount Bellevue.
The station identifies itself as "107,7 FM" and is one of the few full-time FM talk stations in North America to broadcast in stereo.
The station first aired as CHLT on AM 1210 kHz 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 a Radio-Canada affiliate, it became independent in 1978 when CBF set up a repeater in the city.
The station moved to the FM band as CHLT-FM on August 20, 2007. Due to signal deficiencies on 102.1, the station was given CRTC approval to move to 107.7 FM on July 30, 2008. Since its transmitter site is located at Mount Bellevue, the station has (unlike competitors CITE-FM-1 and CIMO-FM) good coverage in the city of Sherbrooke. The call sign "CHLT-FM" was previously used by CITE-FM-1, which was originally created in the 1960s as a sister station of CHLT.
In March 2009, then-owner Corus Entertainment announced plans to drop the talk radio format on CHLT, CJRC-FM in Gatineau, CHLN-FM in Trois-Rivières and CKRS-FM in Saguenay in favour of a classic hits-oldies format branded as "Souvenirs Garantis", effective on March 28, 2009.
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