CHAT-FM

CHAT-FM

City	Medicine Hat, Alberta
Frequency	94.5 MHz (FM)
Branding	CHAT 94.5 FM
Programming
Format	country music
Ownership
Owner	Jim Pattison Group
Sister stations	CFMY
History
First air date	1946 (1946)
Former frequencies	1270 AM (1946-2006)
Call sign meaning	Canada Medicine HAT
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	100 kWs
HAAT	175.8 meters (577 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	50°04′34″N 110°45′18″W / 50.076°N 110.755°W / 50.076; -110.755Coordinates: 50°04′34″N 110°45′18″W / 50.076°N 110.755°W / 50.076; -110.755
Links
Website	www.chat945.com

CHAT-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a country music radio format at 94.5 FM in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The station is owned by the Jim Pattison Group.

The station originally began broadcasting as an AM station in 1946 at 1270 AM, where it remained until the station moved to 94.5 FM in 2006.^[1] It was a network affiliate of CBC Radio's Dominion Network until 1962 when the network dissolved. It then became an affiliate of the main CBC Radio network and remained so until 1994 when CBC built a repeater of CBR for the Medicine Hat area. The station rebroadcasts on 104.5 CKUD-FM in the Maple Creek, Saskatchewan area.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people[]

Jurgen Gothe, who later became a prominent national broadcaster on CBC Radio 2, got his start as an advertising copywriter for the station.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• CHAT 94.5 FM
• CHAT 94.5
• CHAT-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
• CHAT-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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