CKOB-FM

CKOB-FM
Broadcast areaMauricie
Frequency106.9 MHz (FM)
Branding106,9 FM
Programming
FormatTalk (French)
Ownership
Owner
CJEB-FM
History
First air date
October 17, 1937 (AM), August 20, 2007 (FM)
Former call signs
CHLN (1937–2011)
Call sign meaning
disambiguation of sister station CKOI-FM
Technical information
ClassC1
ERP59,000 watts
(peak ERP 100,000 watts)
HAAT85.6 meters (281 ft)
Links
Websitefm1069.ca

CKOB-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 106.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 59,000 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, as a Class C1 station.[1] The station moved to the FM band on August 20, 2007 [1]; it was previously heard on the AM band, on 550 kHz, with a daytime power of 10,000 watts and a nighttime power of 5,000 watts as a class B station, using a directional antenna with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional patterns in order to protect various other stations on that frequency.

The station identifies itself as 106,9 FM and is one of the few full-time FM talk stations in North America to broadcast in stereo.