CHAT-FM

CHAT-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a country music radio format at 94.5 FM in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The station is owned by the Jim Pattison Group.

CHAT-FM
CityMedicine Hat, Alberta
Frequency94.5 MHz (FM)
BrandingCHAT 94.5 FM
SloganToday's Country
Programming
Formatcountry music
Ownership
OwnerJim Pattison Group
CFMY
History
First air date
1946 (1946)
Former frequencies
1270 AM (1946-2006)
Call sign meaning
Canada Medicine HAT
Technical information
ClassC1
ERP100 kWs
HAAT175.8 meters (577 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
50.076°N 110.755°W / 50.076; -110.755
Links
Websitewww.chat945.com

The station originally began broadcasting as an AM station in 1946 at 1270 AM, where it remained until the station moved to 94.5 FM in 2006.[1] It was a network affiliate of CBC Radio's Dominion Network until 1962 when the network dissolved. It then became an affiliate of the main CBC Radio network and remained so until 1994 when CBC built a repeater of CBR for the Medicine Hat area. The station rebroadcasts on 104.5 CKUD-FM in the Maple Creek, Saskatchewan area.

Notable people

Jurgen Gothe, who later became a prominent national broadcaster on CBC Radio 2, got his start as an advertising copywriter for the station.[2]

References
  1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-242
  2. "Gothe understands the magic of his medium". Broadcast Week, August 15, 1987.
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