| Defunct | |
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| Frequency | 940 kHz (AM) |
| Branding | AM 940 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct (was oldies) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| CFQR-FM, CINF | |
| History | |
First air date | May 20, 1920 |
Last air date | January 29, 2010 (89 years, 254 days) |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies |
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Call sign meaning | "Canada's information and news station" (former all-news format) |
| Technical information | |
| Class | A |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°23′34.08″N 73°41′53.16″W / 45.3928000°N 73.6981000°W |
| Translator(s) | CFCX SW 6.005 MHz |
CINW was the final call sign used by an English language AM radio station in Montreal, Quebec, which, along with French-language sister station CINF, ceased operations at 7:00 p.m. ET on January 29, 2010.[2][3] Owned and operated by Corus Quebec, it broadcast on 940 kHz with a full-time power of 50,000 watts as a clear channel, Class A station, using a slightly directional antenna designed to improve reception in downtown Montreal.
Due to its heritage, the station is generally considered to be Canada's first and oldest broadcasting station, as well as one of the first in the world.[4]
- ^ "Corus Corporate Structure" CRTC (crtc.gc.ca)
- ^ "AM Info690 Montréal and AM940 Montreal's Greatest Hits to cease operation on January 29, 2010", Corus press release, January 29, 2010 (newswire.ca)
- ^ "Two stations in Montreal going off the air Friday", CTV Montreal (montreal.ctvnews.ca)(Retrieved February 11, 2018)
- ^ "La Radio, Une Histoire D’Innovation Canadianne - Early Radio Innovation in Canada", Denis Couillard, Ultra Electronics TCS & Musée des Ondes Emile Berliner Ed., 2020