CHFO was a French language Canadian radio station transmitting on 1350 kHz (AM) in Gatineau, Quebec. The station had a community radio format.
History On November 29, 2017, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved an application by Radio Communautaire Francophone et Francophile de l’Outaouais to operate a new French-language community radio station in Gatineau, Quebec. The new station would operate on the AM band on 1350 kHz with a daytime transmitter power of 1,000 watts and a nighttime transmitter power of 180 watts. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-418, Community radio station in Gatineau, CRTC, November 29, 2017
In February 2018, the station began on-air testing on 1350 kHz. 1350 AM Gatineau, radiodiscussions.com, March 4, 2018 In 2019, the station left the air permanently. CHFO 1350 in Gatineau is off the air, Canadian Radio News/Facebook, April 14, 2019
Notes AM 1350 in Gatineau was previously used by CIRA-5, a rebroadcaster of CIRA-FM in Montreal from 2012 until it left the air in 2015.
References
External links CHFO at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation