CHLX-FM
City | Gatineau, Quebec |
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Broadcast area | National Capital Region |
Frequency | 97.1 MHz (FM) |
Branding | Wow 97.1 |
Programming | |
Format | Adult contemporary (French) |
Ownership | |
Owner | RNC Media |
CFTX-FM, CHOT-DT, CFGS-DT | |
History | |
First air date | September 23, 2002 |
Technical information | |
Class | B1 |
ERP | 11,200 watts |
HAAT | 71.5 metres (235 ft) |
Links | |
Website | wowfm.ca |
CHLX-FM (97.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Gatineau, Quebec, serving the National Capital Region including Ottawa. A francophone station owned by RNC Media, CHLX airs a format of French-language adult contemporary with some jazz.
It is owned by RNC Media and is branded as Wow 97.1. CHLX's radio studios are on Jean-Proulx Avenue in Gatineau, while its transmitter is located in Camp Fortune, within Gatineau Park.
History[]
CHLX was licensed by the CRTC in 2001, and launched on September 23, 2002.[1]
It was briefly branded as Classique 97,1[2] before becoming Couleur FM, airing classical music. In 2008, after a licence amendment was accepted by the CRTC, it became Planète 97,1, an adult contemporary-formatted station, with 20% of its airtime devoted to jazz.[3]
On July 11, 2014, it was announced that CHLX would flip to Hot AC as 97.1 Rythme FM on August 25, as part of a licensing deal between Cogeco and RNC.[3][4] CHLX became the first non-Cogeco station to carry the Rythme FM format (other than CJEC-FM Quebec City, which was briefly affiliated with Rythme FM after being sold by Cogeco to another broadcaster). As of October 2014, it was still broadcasting two hours a day of jazz music,[5] but since June 2017 the CRTC amended the licence removing the requirement to broadcast such genres.[6]
In January 2017, the station dropped Rhythme FM and re-branded as Wow 97.1.
References[]
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-250
- ^ "De Classique à Couleur FM 97,1". Infopresse. 4 September 2003. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ a b Fagstein: "Radio stations rebranded in Cornwall, Quebec City", August 29, 2014.
- ^ "A new radio station in the Outaouais Region: Rythme FM!" (PDF). Cogeco. 14 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ "Rythme FM 97.1 - Émissions". Archived from the original on 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-218, CRTC, 27 June 2017.
External links[]
- Wow 97.1
- CHLX-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
- CHLX-FM in the REC Canadian station database
Coordinates: 45°26′34″N 75°43′58″W / 45.44278°N 75.73278°W
- Radio stations in Ottawa–Gatineau
- Classical music radio stations in Canada
- Jazz radio stations in Canada
- Soft adult contemporary radio stations in Canada
- French-language radio stations in Quebec
- RNC Media radio stations
- Radio stations established in 2002
- 2002 establishments in Quebec
- Quebec radio station stubs