CHAI-FM
Community radio station in Châteauguay, Quebec
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CHAI-FM (101.9 FM) is a French-language radio station located in Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada, near Montreal.
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| Frequency | 101.9 MHz |
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| Branding | CHAI 101.9 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Community radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Communautaire de Châteauguay Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1980 |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | CRTC |
| Class | A1 |
| ERP | 100 watts |
| HAAT | 50 metres (160 ft) |
| Repeater | CHAI-FM-1 Candiac |
| Links | |
| Website | 1019fm |
It broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 100 watts (class A1) using an omnidirectional antenna. The station also operates a co-channel repeater, CHAI-FM-1 in Candiac, also on 101.9 FM. The use of two transmitters is in order to protect several co-channel and adjacent-channel stations in nearby areas, the closest being CIBL-FM and CINQ-FM in Montreal, plus co-channel CJSS-FM in Cornwall, Ontario.[1] (CBMG-FM in Cowansville, a local repeater of CBME-FM that also broadcasts at 101.9, did not sign on until 2002.)
The station operates under a community radio licence and has a variety format. It opened in 1980.[2]
In December 2015, CHAI-FM announced plans to replace its two-transmitter system with a single transmitter, from a location southeast of CHAI-FM's main Châteauguay transmitter. The new transmitter would broadcast at 238 watts, with a directional antenna set on an east–west pattern, also to protect nearby stations as discussed above; this was due to synchronization and interference problems between the Châteauguay and Candiac transmitters, which is evident where the two transmitters overlap in an area between Lachine and Delson.[1]
The station is a member of the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec.
