Chuo

CHUO is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 89.1 FM in Ottawa. It is the campus radio station of the University of Ottawa.

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The station began broadcasting in 1984 on cable FM and closed circuit in the university's student residences. It was subsequently awarded a broadcast license by the CRTC, and began broadcasting on FM on May 31, 1991. The station is bilingual, broadcasting in both English and French.

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Tom Green hosted a late-night program on the station for several years in the mid-1990s before moving to television with Rogers Cable's Ottawa community channel.

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The station's studios were formerly located in a walkway linking the university's Morriset Library with the Thompson student residence. In September, 2005 the station moved to new facilities in the basement of the library building.

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