CHOR-FM is a Canadian

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that broadcasts an adult hits format at 98.5 FM in Summerland,

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. The station is owned by

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and is branded as ''Bounce 98.5''. CHOR began as CKSP at 1450 AM in 1972, as a part-time satellite re-broadcaster of CKOK in

Penticton Penticton ( ) is a city in the Okanagan Valley of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, situated between Okanagan and Skaha lakes. In the 2016 Canadian Census, its population was 33,761, while its census agglomeration The ce ...

. Okanagan Radio Limited put the station on the air to improve coverage to the north. The first manager of the station was Russ Mitten, who was succeeded by Jim Hart, who became Member of Parliament. The station originally broadcast local programming from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and eventually from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. The CKSP

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was changed by new owners in 1991.

Switch to FM

On June 17, 2010, CHOR received approval by the

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to convert CHOR AM 1450 to the FM band at 98.5 MHz to broadcast an

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format targeting adults aged 18 to 54. The move from 1450 AM to the new 98.5 FM frequency took place November 24, 2010. The station was then rebranded as ''98.5

EZ Rock EZ Rock was a brand of adult contemporary radio stations heard primarily in Canada. The branding was originally created by Telemedia in the mid-1990s for its AC stations, and based on the call sign of its former Toronto flagship CJEZ-FM (now ...

''. 1450 was shut down in December. As part of a mass format reorganization by Bell Media, on May 18, 2021, CHOR flipped to adult hits under the ''Bounce'' branding.Bell Media Bounces 25 Stations Across Canada to New Variety Hits Brand
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Former logo

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