Posted Jan 23, 2018, 12:44 AM
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The good old days are now
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Montreal
Posts: 4,256
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The CIBC Tower antenna may be removed.
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CKOI: The days of Montreal’s most powerful radio transmitter are numbered. The 307,000-watt signal, grandfathered at that power when the federal government imposed a 100kW limit on FM stations in the 1960s, is being replaced by a new transmitter on the Mount Royal Antenna, that will be higher up but lower power (147kW) so its pattern doesn’t extend beyond its current one.
Lachance said the plan is to make the move this year, probably around June. After that, the existing transmitter and antenna on the CIBC building at Peel St. and René-Lévesque Blvd. downtown will likely be torn down. CKOI’s backup transmitter, and others for Cogeco stations and some Bell stations, is in Laval’s Auteuil district.
Most people won’t notice a change. But Cogeco believes the higher antenna will mean less interference from large buildings and the mountain itself.
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http://blog.fagstein.com/2018/01/21/cogeco-hd-radio/
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