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Mennonite community radio station in Aylmer, Ontario

CHPD-FM
Aylmer, Ontario

Broadcast area	Elgin County
Frequency	105.9 MHz (FM)
Branding	De Brigj
Programming
Language(s)	Plautdietsch
Format	News, Weather, Ethnic and Cultural Music
Ownership
Owner	Aylmer & Area Inter-Mennonite Community
History
First air date	September 2, 2003
Former frequencies	107.7 MHz (2003–2005)
Technical information
Class	A1
ERP	250 watts Vertical Polarization Only
HAAT	41.8 meters (137 ft)
Links
Website	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.