CHPD-FM
{{short description|Mennonite community radio station in Aylmer, Ontario}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = CHPD-FM
| logo = CHPD De Brigj105.9 logo.jpg
| logo_size = 150px
| area = Elgin County
| format = News, Weather, Ethnic and Cultural Music
| branding = De Brigj
| airdate = September 2, 2003
| erp = 250 watts
Vertical Polarization Only
| haat = {{convert|41.8|meters}}
| class = A1
| language = Plautdietsch
| owner = Aylmer & Area Inter-Mennonite Community
| former_frequencies = 107.7 MHz (2003–2005)
| webcast =
| website = {{url|http://www.mcson.org/programs/de-brigj/|mcson.org/programs/de-brigj}}
}}
CHPD-FM (also called De Brigj) is a low-power Mennonite community radio station broadcasting at 105.9 FM in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada. The Aylmer and area Inter-Mennonite Community Council, was given approval in 2003, to operate a low-power German language FM radio station at 107.7 MHz to serve the local German-speaking Mennonite community. The station includes news, weather, ethnic and cultural music, and health care information programming. In 2005, CHPD moved to its current frequency at 105.9 FM.
The callsign meaning of CHPD is "Canada Horcht Plaut Dietsch". Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German) is the language of the Russian Mennonites. According to manager Hein Rempel, CHPD-FM is Canada's first and only Low German-language radio station. Hein was born in Mexico and moved to Canada in 1965.
External links
- [http://www.mcson.org/programs/de-brigj/ De Brigj]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-south-western/CHPD-FM CHPD-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- {{RecnetCanada|CHPD-FM}}
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Category:German-Canadian culture in Ontario
Category:Mennonitism in Ontario
Category:Radio stations established in 2005
Category:2005 establishments in Ontario
Category:Plautdietsch language
Category:Russian Mennonite diaspora in Canada
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