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Tony Karam and Evening Programming

talk music: Evening programming will feature shows in Chinese, Greek, German and other languages, according to CBC. The president of the station, Tony Karam, said listeners will hear a 50-50 mix of talk and music. "The kind of talk we are going to have is mainly local, it will be social, political," he said. Signal testing began Friday for 99.1 FM in Halifax, which will be known as CHHU. The station promises programming in over 10 different languages, but only Arabic during the day. The president of the station, Tony Karam, said listeners will hear a 50-50 mix of talk and music. "We're going to have lots of interviews with social workers, with doctors, with people talking about beauty, about health, family care, lots of interesting things." Right now, the station does not have studio space in Halifax. Karam is currently looking to rent office space and prepare it as a radio studio. Broadcasting is done out of Montreal sister station 1450 AM where there is a studio dedicated to Halifax programming. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.