CHHI-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 95.9 FM in Miramichi,

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with a

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...

format branded on-air as ''Rewind 95.9'' owned by Stingray Group. The station began broadcasting on May 6, 2013.

History and broadcasting

The station received approval from the

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to operate on the FM frequency at 95.9 FM on May 18, 2012, and began broadcasting on May 6, 2013, at 9:59 am with the station's first song "

Raise Your Glass "Raise Your Glass" is a song by American singer Pink (singer), Pink from her first greatest hits album, greatest hits compilation ''Greatest Hits... So Far!!! (Pink album), Greatest Hits... So Far!!!'' (2010). The song was written by Pink, Max Ma ...

" by

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.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-301
Licensing of new radio stations to serve Miramichi, ''CRTC'', May 18, 2012 The station was originally proposed to have been carrying a

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format, but switched to

hot AC Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet sto ...

prior to the station's launch, following the change of formats at competing station

CFAN-FM CFAN-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 99.3 FM in Miramichi, New Brunswick, owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System Maritime Broadcasting System Limited, branded as MBS Radio, is a private Canadian broadcasting company owning 2 ...

from

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

to country. Since the launch, the station has changed its format to adult hits in response to listener demand. On February 12, 2021, the station flipped to

branded as ''Rewind 95.9''.

References

Former logo

External links

Rewind 95.9CHHI-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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