CINF is a French language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec. French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... A radio station is a sound broadcasting service. ... Montreal courthouse in 1880. ... The first European explorer of what is now Quebec was Jacques Cartier, who planted a cross either in the Gaspé in 1534 or at Old Fort Bay on the Lower North Shore and sailed into the St. ...

Owned and operated by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts on 690 kHz with a power of 50,000 watts as a clear channel (class A) station, using a slightly directional antenna solely for the purpose of improving reception in downtown Montreal. Corus Entertainment (TSX: CJR.NV.B) NYSE: CJR is a Canadian entertainment company, headquarted in Calgary, Alberta, which owns television networks, digital music channels and 50 radio stations across Canada. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power. ... Clear channel stations are AM radio stations that are designated as such so that only one or two 50,000 watt powerhouses operate at night on each designated frequency, covering a wide area via sky wave propagation. ... A directional antenna is an antenna which transmits or receives maximum power in a particular direction. ...

The station has an all-news format since December 1999, although it now simulcasts sister station CKAC 730 (which is a news/talk/sports station) at night. It identifies itself as "Info 690". All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... CKAC is a radio station based in Montreal, Quebec. ...

Before 1999, the station was known as CKVL and was on 850 kHz. It then had a news/talk format. Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ...