CINF
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| City | Montreal, Quebec |
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| Branding | Info 690 |
| Slogan | La radio des nouvelles |
| Frequency | 690 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | November 3, 1946 |
| Last air date | January 29, 2010 |
| Format | all-news |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°23′31″N 73°41′56″W / 45.39194°N 73.69889°W |
| Callsign meaning | C INFormation |
| Former callsigns | CKVL (1946-1999) |
| Owner | Corus Quebec |
| Sister stations | CFQR, CHMP, CKAC, CINW, CKOI |
| Website | Info 690 |
CINF was a French language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Corus Quebec, it broadcast on 690 kHz with a power of 50,000 watts as a clear channel (class A) station, using a slightly directional antenna solely for the purpose of improving reception in downtown Montreal.
The station had carried an all-news format since December 1999, identifying itself as "Info 690". Before that date, the station was known as CKVL and was on 850 kHz; it then had a news/talk format. Along with longtime English-language sister station CINW, it ceased operations at exactly 7:02 p.m. ET on January 29, 2010. Two and a half years later, the 690 AM frequency was reused for sports-formatted station CKGM, which moved to that frequency from the 990 AM frequency.
CKVL was founded by Jack Tietolman and Corey Thomson and opened on November 3, 1946. The station was originally on 990 kHz, and operated with 1,000 watts as a daytimer. The station was bilingual (French/English), but the majority of programming was in French and it was largely perceived by listeners as a Francophone station. The call sign stood for "Canadian Kilocycle Verdun Lakeshore". Programming on CKVL was varied, as it was then typical, and numerous radio dramas were aired.
An FM sister station, CKVL-FM (CKOI-FM since 1976) was created sometime between 1947 and 1957. In any case, CKVL-FM was a full-time simulcast of CKVL until 1970.
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