CHHO-FM is a french-language community radio

Community radio

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 format which operates at 103.1 MHz (FM

FM broadcasting

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) in Louiseville, Quebec

Louiseville, Quebec

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 with a rebroadcaster at 104.9 MHz (as CHHO-FM-1) in Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec

Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec

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, Canada

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History

On July 28, 2005, Coop de solidarité radio communautaire de la MRC de Maskinongé received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a new french-language community radio format at Louiseville, Quebec with a rebroadcaster at Saint-Alexis-des-Monts.

External links

• ch20fm.com
• History of radio stations in Québec, Estrie/Centre-du-Québec/Mauricie at Canadian Communications Foundation
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