CHAW-FM is a Canadian
FM radio station that broadcasts at 103.1
MHz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose expression in terms of SI base units is s−1, meaning that one he ...
in
Little Current,
Ontario
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, serving
Algoma,
Manitoulin
Manitoulin District is a district in Northeastern Ontario within the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1888 from part of the Algoma District. The district seat is in Gore Bay.
It comprises Manitoulin Island primarily, as well as a ...
and a good portion of the
17 and
69 Highways including
Tobermory and areas of the northern
Bruce Peninsula. The station, owned by Manitoulin Broadcasting Corporation through licensee Craig Timmermans, broadcasts a
country
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format branded as ''Country 103''. Timmermans received approval to broadcast from the
CRTC on April 1, 2015. The station broadcasts with an
effective radiated power
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of 35,200 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 178 metres).
History
On April 1, 2016 at 12:00 PM noon,
CFRM-FM
CFRM-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts at 100.7 FM broadcasting, FM in Little Current, Ontario, Little Current, Ontario, serving Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands. The station, a community radio outlet owned by Manitoulin Radio ...
, which aired
country
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, changed formats to
top 40
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/80s, 90s and everything, while CHAW launched the country station at the same time. The first song to be played on ''Country 103'' was "Runaway Highway" by local artist Mike Trudell.
Both CHAW and CFRM broadcast from 1 Radio Road in Little Current. The stations are the first in Canada to be broadcasting 100% off grid from the office and supplemented by green energy from the tower site.
Manitoulin boasts Canada’s first off-grid radio stations
'' Manitoulin Expositor'', November 4, 2020
References
External links
Country 103
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Haw
Haw or HAW may refer to:
Fruit
* many species of hawthorn (''Crataegus'')
** Haw flakes, Chinese sweets made from the fruit of the Chinese hawthorn, ''Crataegus pinnatifida''
* several species of ''Viburnum'', including:
** '' Viburnum rufidulu ...
Haw
Haw or HAW may refer to:
Fruit
* many species of hawthorn (''Crataegus'')
** Haw flakes, Chinese sweets made from the fruit of the Chinese hawthorn, ''Crataegus pinnatifida''
* several species of ''Viburnum'', including:
** '' Viburnum rufidulu ...
Radio stations established in 2015
2015 establishments in Ontario
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands