CHUO-FM

CHUO-FM
Ottawa,Ontario;
Frequency	89.1MHz(FM)
Programming
Format	campus radio
Ownership
Owner	Centre for Independent Media & Art Centre des medias et arts independents
History
First air date	1984 (cable/closed circuit); May 31, 1991 (FM)
Call signmeaning	CHUniversity ofOttawa
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	3.2kWsaverage; 18.1 kilowatts peak
HAAT	257.5 meters (845 ft)
Links
Webcast	MP3 stream
Website	chuo.fm

CHUO-FMis a Canadian community-basedcampus radio station,broadcasting at 89.1FMinOttawa,onRogers digital cableon channel 943, viaRealAudiostream and inMP3.It is thecampus radiostation of theUniversity of Ottawa,a member of theNational Campus and Community Radio Associationin Canada, and a member of the world community radio associationAMARC.

CHUO's studios are located on the campus of the University of Ottawa, while its transmitter is located inCamp Fortune, Quebec.

History

The station began as a radio club transmitting as CHOR, anAM carrier currentstation on 670 kHz in 1975 on the University of Ottawa campus. By 1984 CHOR was known as CFUO which startedcable-castingand could be heard onclosed circuitin the university's student residences. It was subsequently awarded a broadcast license by theCRTC,^[1]and began broadcasting at 89.1 FM on May 31, 1991.

The station isbilingual,broadcasting in both ofCanada's official languages;EnglishandFrench.CHUO's programming is composed of 35%Englishprogramming, 35%Frenchprogramming, and 10% in third languages. CHUO's programming is free form including the genres of jazz, indie rock, electronic, classical alongside many radio programs produced BY and FOR the Black community including Ici L'Afrique, Afrika Revisited, Black on Black, Rockers, Caribbean Flavour, Bouyon Racin, Men Kontré, FREESTYLE, and more.

CHUO 89.1 FM launched a morning drive-time hip-hop show in June 2019.

In 2023, the station lost a referendum on defunding its student levy.^[2]The referendum was repeated and approved again in 2024 following legal challenges by CHUO.

Notables

As one of the founding volunteers, Papa Richie has hosted and producedRockerssince 1986. Music journalist and radio hostAaron Badgleyhad a six-hour Saturday show,The Meltdown Pot,from 1987-1989.^[3]Patricia Harewood, Adrienne Codette, Jacquie Stewart, Sarah Onyango, Denise Isaacs and Jackie Lawrence are some members of the collective who have hostedBlack on Black(Ottawa's premiere black community arts and culture show) since the early 1990s.Tom GreenhostedThe Midnight Calleron the station for several years in the mid-1990s before moving to television withRogers Cable's Ottawa community channel. CHUO alumni include Adrian Harewood (CBC), Laura Osman (CBC), Emma Godmere (CBC), Alanna Stuart (BONJAY, CBC), Terry Loretto (CBC)^[4]

In 1997, CHUO won a Standard Broadcast award for a bilingual spoken word series entitled "Women's Words" created by Carolyn Cote and produced by Erin Flynn.^[5]

Studios

The station's studios used to be located in a walkway linkingUniversity of Ottawa's Morisset Library with the Thompson student residence. In September 2005 the station moved to new facilities in the sub-basement of the Morisset library at 65 University Private, suite 0038. Office hours are from Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.

References

^Decision CRTC 89-834
^Connie Thiessen,"University of Ottawa students vote to defund CHUO-FM".Broadcast Dialogue,October 17, 2023.
^Julien, Alexander(August 28, 2024)."An Interview With Music Journalist and Biographer Aaron Badgley".It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine.Archivedfrom the original on August 28, 2024.RetrievedAugust 28,2024.
^"A Home on Campus - TABARET: UOttawa's online magazine".
^"Standard Award Winners".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-31.Retrieved2013-10-31.

External links

CHUO
CHUO-FMat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
CHUO-FMin the REC Canadian station database

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[1] Decision CRTC 89-834

[2] Connie Thiessen,"University of Ottawa students vote to defund CHUO-FM".Broadcast Dialogue,October 17, 2023.

[ItsPsychedelicBabyMagazine-3] Julien, Alexander(August 28, 2024)."An Interview With Music Journalist and Biographer Aaron Badgley".It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine.Archivedfrom the original on August 28, 2024.RetrievedAugust 28,2024.

[4] "A Home on Campus - TABARET: UOttawa's online magazine".

[5] "Standard Award Winners".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-31.Retrieved2013-10-31.

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