CFXN-FM is a Canadian

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, that airs 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 at 106.3 FM in

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. The station is branded as ''106.3 Moose FM'' with the slogan ''North Bay's Biggest Variety''. The station plays a variety of current, recent and older hits. It is a "middle of the road" format positioned between the city's Top 40 and hard rock stations. The station was licensed on the basis of a proposal to air a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

format similar to that of the co-owned CHMT in

Timmins Timmins ( ) is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Mattagami River. The city is the fourth-largest city in the Northeastern Ontario region with a population of 41,145 (2021). The city's economy is based on natural resource ext ...

. Instead, North Bay's CFXN broadcast an adult hits format from startup in 2006 until changing to a light AC format in February, 2012, then to Variety Hits in April 2013. The new format of Biggest Variety stands alone as an option for 25- to 54-year-old listeners in the market. Originally owned by

Haliburton Broadcasting Group The Haliburton Broadcasting Group was a Canadian group of FM radio stations, located primarily in smaller markets in Ontario. The company was purchased by Vista Broadcast Group in 2012.CRTC The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...

in 2005. As of 2012 the station is owned by the

Vista Broadcast Group Vista Radio Ltd. (also formerly known as Vista Broadcast Group) is a Canadian radio broadcasting company. The company only owned stations in British Columbia until 2007, when it expanded outside the province by acquiring an existing station in Ye ...

. On October 29, 2019, Vista applied to operate a new FM radio station in North Bay. The new station would operate at 90.5 MHz making it a sister station to CFXN-FM. Vista received CRTC approval to operate a new oldies radio station at North Bay on May 25, 2020.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-165
English-language FM radio station in North Bay, ''CRTC'', May 25, 2020 The call sign will be CFCH which are heritage calls for North Bay once belonging to what is now CKFX. Vista launched

CFCH-FM CFCH-FM (90.5 FM) is a Canadian radio station in North Bay, Ontario. Owned by Vista Radio, it broadcasts a country music format branded as ''Country 90.5'', "North Bay's Best Country." History On September 27, 2018, the CRTC issued call applic ...

at 90.5 MHz on June 15, 2021.

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External links

www.mynorthbaynow.com
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