CKUT-FM

CKUT-FM
Broadcast areaGreater Montreal area
Frequency90.3 MHz
Branding90.3 FM CKUT Montreal
Programming
Formatcampus-community
AffiliationsPacifica Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerRadio CKUT (non-profit organisation)
History
First air date
1966 as CFRM (Radio Mc Gill)
November 16, 1987 as CKUT-FM
Technical information
ClassB
ERP5,003 watts
horizontal polarization only
HAAT242.5 meters (796 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
45°30′20.16″N 73°35′30.12″W / 45.5056000°N 73.5917000°W / 45.5056000; -73.5917000
Links
Websitehttp://www.ckut.ca

CKUT-FM is the official campus-community radio station of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It can be heard at 90.3 FM in Montreal. CKUT's FM signal, broadcast from a tower on the top of Mount Royal, reaches as far as the Eastern Townships and upstate New York.

CKUT-FM has its roots in McGill University's radio club, founded in 1921, and then in the closed-circuit station CFRM on the campus of McGill University[1]. It started broadcasting on FM on November 16, 1987.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "CKUT-FM – The History of Canadian Broadcasting". Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  2. ^ Boone, Mike (November 16, 1987). "McGill station is on the air – except in Westmount". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. C9. Retrieved April 2, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Moylan, Katie (2019-02-20). The Cultural Work of Community Radio. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-78348-934-3.
  4. ^ Stanton, Victoria; Tinguely, Vincent (2001). Impure: Reinventing the Word : the Theory, Practice, and Oral History of Spoken Word in Montreal. Conundrum Press. ISBN 978-0-9689496-1-0.

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search