CHEV-FM is a
community radio
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station
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that operates at 94.5
MHz
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in
Grand Falls-Windsor,
Newfoundland and Labrador
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,
Canada
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. The station is branded as ''Valley Radio''.
History
The station originally began as an
internet radio station in 2017 as a project to bring local voices back to the Grand Falls-Windsor area, after the
CBC and
VOCM closed the stations in the community.
On July 29, 2019, Exploits Valley Community Radio Inc. (EVCR) received approval from the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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(CRTC) to operate a low-power, English-language community FM radio station at 94.5 MHz in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-266
Community radio station in Grand Falls-Windsor, ''CRTC'', July 29, 2019
In November 2020, CHEV-FM signed on the air as ''Valley Radio''.
Notes
The callsign CHEV
CHEV was a Canadian radio station, which formerly broadcast at 1610 kHz in Toronto, Ontario. A low-power AM station licensed primarily to broadcast special events, the station became best known for airing junior hockey games.
History
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was previously used at a radio station in Toronto
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, Ontario
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from 1997 to 2011.
References
External links
Valley Radio
History of CHEV-FM
- Canadian Communications Foundation
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