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:''Not to be confused with "CHOQ.FM", an unlicensed closed-circuit radio station at the Université du Québec à Montréal.'' CHOQ-FM is a Canadian radio station which began broadcasting in 2006. A non-profit community radio station for Franco-Ontarians in Toronto, Ontario, the station broadcasts at 105.1 on the FM dial. CHOQ is also available as a digital television radio feed on Rogers Cable in the Greater Toronto Area on channel 957. CHOQ's studios are located on Lansdowne Avenue (near Dundas Street West) in the Dufferin Grove neighbourhood, while its transmitter is located atop First Canadian Place. CHOQ is owned by a cooperative, La Coopérative Radiophonique de Toronto. ==History== The history of this station dates back to 1991, when the group was granted a special temporary FM licence for a French-language community radio programming undertaking at Toronto, on a frequency of 99.1 MHz.〔(Decision CRTC 91-369 )〕 The station would broadcast programs during "La Semaine française à Toronto", from June 16 to 23, 1991 and was incorporated as "La Coopérative radiophonique de Toronto inc." on July 5 the same year. On June 16, 2000, the station was denied a licence to operate a French-language community FM radio station at Toronto on the frequency 93.5 MHz.〔(Decision CRTC 2000-206 )〕 This 93.5 frequency was awarded to CFXJ-FM. On April 17, 2003, La Coopérative radiophonique de Toronto inc. received CRTC approval for a new French-language community FM radio station at Toronto, to operate at 105.1 MHz.〔(Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-116 )〕 On October 18, 2004 the station received a $75,000 startup grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The station's launch was originally scheduled for 2005. The station did air a testing signal for three weeks in November of that year, but did not launch its permanent signal until May 1, 2006. CHOQ-FM was one of 27 applicants for the 88.1 frequency vacated by the revocation in early 2011 of CKLN-FM's license,〔"Stations vie for vacant radio licence". ''The Globe and Mail'', December 18, 2012.〕 applying to move to the frequency.〔(Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2012-126 ). Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, March 2, 2012.〕 The bid was unsuccessful and the CRTC awarded the frequency to CIND-FM. In 2011 and 2012, the station participated in the launch of campaign to establish a "French Quarter" in Toronto along Carlton Street, where several of the city's francophone institutions — including the Sacré-Cœur church, the Collège Français high school and the head offices of TFO — are located.〔("A French Quarter for Toronto? Mais oui!" ). ''National Post'', August 6, 2011.〕 In January 2015, the station manager revealed that due to a tight advertising market and expenses related to the relocation of its transmitter, the station was in a financial crisis and may be forced to close as early as March if a solution cannot be found.〔("Toronto’s only French radio station CHOQ 105.1 FM struggling to stay afloat" ). ''Metro'', January 22, 2015.〕 In March, the station confirmed that while an emergency crowdfunding campaign had fallen short of the goal, it was continuing to seek out other cooperative funding arrangements to allow it to continue broadcasting.〔("CHOQ-FM demeure en ondes malgré les difficultés" ). Radio-Canada, March 13, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CHOQ-FM」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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