CHOW-FM is a Québécois radio station, which broadcasts a community radio format branded as Radio Boréale on 105.3 FM in Amos, Quebec.
Licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in October 2007,CRTC Decision 2007-418 the station was scheduled to launch in 2008, but it officially began broadcasting in 2009. CHOW is owned by Radio Boréale.
The callsign CHOW was previously used by a radio station in Welland, Ontario from 1957 to 2005, now known as CIXL-FM.
On October 29, 2009, CHOW received CRTC approval to increase transmitter power from 5,376 watts to 17,787 watts.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-675
The station is a member of the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec.
Transmitters On July 22, 2020, Radio Boreale submitted two applications to add two new FM transmitters to serve La Sarre at 106.1 MHz and Rouyn-Noranda at 104.9 MHz.2020-0185-82020-0187-4Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2021-376, Call for comments on market capacity to serve Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, and call for applications to serve Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, CRTC, November 12, 2021 On December 5, 2022, Radio Boréale resubmitted applications to add new FM transmitters at 106.1 MHz in La Sarre Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2022-331, Radio Boréale La Sarre, Quebec Application 2020-0185-8, CRTC, December 5, 2022 and 104.9 MHz in Rouyn-Noranda.Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2022-331, Radio Boréale Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec Application 2020-0187-4, CRTC, December 5, 2022 On September 20, 2023, both applications by Radio Boréale to add new FM transmitters to serve La Sarre at 106.1 MHz and Rouyn-Noranda at 104.9 MHz were denied by the CRTC.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2023-320, CHOW-FM Amos – New transmitter in La Sarre, CRTC, September 20, 2023Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2023-321, CHOW-FM Amos – New transmitter in Rouyn-Noranda, CRTC, September 20, 2023
References
External links Radio Boréale CHOW-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation