CKOI-FM
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| City | Montreal, Quebec |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Montreal area |
| Branding | "CKOI 96.9" |
| Slogan | Changeons le monde un hit à la fois. (Changing the world one hit at a time.) |
| Frequency | 96.9 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | December 6, 1976 (as CKOI-FM) |
| Format | Top 40 |
| ERP | 307,000 watts |
| HAAT | 220.8 meters (724 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°29′53.88″N 73°34′14.16″W / 45.4983000°N 73.5706000°W |
| Callsign meaning | CKOI is an homonym of "C'est quoi?", meaning "What is it?". |
| Former callsigns | CKVL-FM (to 1976) |
| Owner |
Cogeco (Cogeco Diffusion Acquisitions Inc.) |
| Sister stations | CHMP-FM, CKAC, CFGL-FM, CKBE-FM |
| Webcast | [4] |
| Website | www.ckoi.com/montreal/ |
CKOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec, airing a Contemporary Hits radio format.
Owned and operated by Cogeco, CKOI-FM broadcasts on 96.9 MHz with its transmitter on the roof of the CIBC Tower in Downtown Montreal with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 307,000 watts (Class C1) using an omnidirectional antenna. It is one of the few Montreal FM stations not to use the Mount Royal broadcasting tower, and it is one of North America's highest-powered FM stations. Its studios are located at Place Bonaventure.
CKVL-FM, the station's original call letters, was founded by Jack Tietolman and Corey Thomson and probably went on the air at some point between 1947 and 1957. Sources disagree on the date, and at least seven different years (including three post-1957 ones) have been reported as the station's first air date. The confusion is increased by the fact that there is no known report suggesting that the station went silent for any noticeable period of time after getting on the air, despite this phenomenon being relatively common among 1950s FM stations. In any case, the Canadian Communication Foundation reports the station's first signed on in 1947, and that CKVL-FM was confirmed as being on the air in 1957.
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