CHAH | |
City: | Edmonton, Alberta |
Branding: | My Radio 580 |
Airdate: | September 28, 2020 |
Frequency: | 580 kHz (AM) |
Format: | Multilingual |
Erp: | 10,000 watts (fulltime) |
Class: | B |
Owner: | 1811258 Alberta Ltd. |
Website: | myradio580.com |
CHAH is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 580 AM in Edmonton, Alberta. The station airs a multilingual programming format branded as My Radio 580 and is owned by 1811258 Alberta Ltd.
On January 6, 2017, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved an application by 1811258 Alberta Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial AM radio station in Edmonton. The new station would operate on the frequency of 580 kHz with a power of 10,000 watts fulltime.[1]
AM 580 was a frequency in Edmonton that was once occupied by CKUA from 1927 until it went off the air in 2013.[2]
On September 28, 2020, after on-air testing began in the summer,[3] the station officially signed on the air as My Radio 580.[4]