CHUO-FM
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| City | Ottawa, Ontario |
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| Frequency | 89.1 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1984 (cable/closed circuit) May 31, 1991 (FM) |
| Format | campus radio |
| ERP | 3.2 kWs average 18.1 kilowatts peak |
| HAAT | 257.5 meters (845 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | CH University of Ottawa |
| Owner | CHUO |
| Webcast |
MP3 stream Real Player stream |
| Website | chuo.fm |
CHUO-FM is a Canadian community-based campus radio station, broadcasting at 89.1 FM in Ottawa, on Rogers digital cable on channel 943, via RealAudio stream and in MP3. It is the campus radio station of the University of Ottawa, a member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association in Canada, and a member of the world community radio association AMARC.
CHUO's studios are located on the campus of the University of Ottawa, while its transmitter is located in Camp Fortune, Quebec.
The station began as a radio club transmitting as CHOR, an AM carrier current station on 670 kHz in 1975 on the University of Ottawa campus. By 1984 CHOR was known as CFUO which started cable-casting and could be heard on closed circuit in the university's student residences. It was subsequently awarded a broadcast license by the CRTC, and began broadcasting at 89.1 FM on May 31, 1991.
The station is bilingual, broadcasting in both of Canada's official languages; English and French. CHUO's programming is composed of 45% English programming, 45% French programming and 10% in third languages.
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