CKRB went on the air on July 22, 1952 [1] as an AM station broadcasting on 1400 kHz; at the time the station only had a power of 250 watts. In 1959, CKRB moved to 1250 kHz with 5,000 watts. In 1965, CKRB would later move to 1460 kHz and increase its power to 10,000 watts (daytime) and 5,000 watts (nighttime). By 1985, CKRB had converted its transmitter to AM stereo.[2] The station moved to the FM band at 103.3 MHz on March 29, 1999.[3][4]
ckrb, cool, french, language, canadian, radio, station, located, saint, georges, quebec, saint, georges, quebecbroadcast, areabeauce, sartigan, regional, county, municipalityfrequency103, brandingcool, 5programmingformatadult, contemporary, french, ownershipow. CKRB FM Cool FM 103 5 is a French language Canadian radio station located in Saint Georges Quebec CKRB FMSaint Georges QuebecBroadcast areaBeauce Sartigan Regional County MunicipalityFrequency103 5 MHz FM BrandingCool FM 103 5ProgrammingFormatAdult contemporary French OwnershipOwnerGroupe Radio Simard Radio Beauce inc Sister stationsCHJM FMHistoryFirst air dateJuly 22 1952Former call signsCHRB 1952 1999 Former frequencies1400 kHz AM 1952 1959 1250 kHz 1959 1965 1460 kHz 1965 1999 103 3 MHz 1999 2009 Technical informationClassBERP15 01 kWsHAAT124 9 meters 410 ft LinksWebsitecoolfm bizOwned and operated by Radio Beauce a subsidiary of Groupe Radio Simard it broadcasts on 103 5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 17 000 watts class B using an omnidirectional antenna Contents 1 History 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksHistory editCKRB went on the air on July 22 1952 1 as an AM station broadcasting on 1400 kHz at the time the station only had a power of 250 watts In 1959 CKRB moved to 1250 kHz with 5 000 watts In 1965 CKRB would later move to 1460 kHz and increase its power to 10 000 watts daytime and 5 000 watts nighttime By 1985 CKRB had converted its transmitter to AM stereo 2 The station moved to the FM band at 103 3 MHz on March 29 1999 3 4 In 2005 the station was authorized by the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission CRTC to change CKRB FM s frequency from 103 3 MHz to 103 5 MHz and increase its power to 17 000 watts as a class B station 5 It moved to 103 5 in January 2009 The station has an adult contemporary format and identifies itself as Cool FM 103 5 Notes editCIRB in Lac Etchemin was a rebroadcaster of CKRB Saint Georges that operated from 1977 until it went off the air in 1991 References edit Dallaire Luce La vie communautaire Le Soleil July 14 2002 p B 9 Roy Yves La page non officielle de CKRB 103 5 FM Dallaire Luce CKRB diffuse depuis Haiti Le Soleil March 29 1999 p A 6 Decision CRTC 98 471 Decision CRTC 2005 179External links editCool FM 103 5 CKRB FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation CKRB FM in the REC Canadian station database 46 09 32 N 70 44 50 W 46 15889 N 70 74722 W 46 15889 70 74722 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title CKRB FM amp oldid 1198990175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
