CHUR-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts a

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format at 100.5 FM in North Bay,

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. The station uses the on-air brand ''KiSS 100.5''.

History

The station was launched in 1984 by Gateway City Broadcasting, at 1110 AM. It was subsequently acquired in 1985 by

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, who also changed the station's frequency to 840. In 1990, the station was acquired by the

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. Pelmorex converted the station to FM in 1994, and sold it to

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in 1999. Under Telemedia's ownership, the station adopted the "

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 ...

" brand. In 2002, Telemedia was acquired by

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, and CHUR was one of the stations sold by Standard to

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. In July 2010, the station altered its musical format to present a more contemporary version of its AC Mainstream Plus blend more in line with the

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 ...

version of '' American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest''. With this shift, the station cancelled ''The 80's Lunch'' program and ''Sunday at the 70's''. ''Solid Gold Saturday Night'' was replaced by ''AT40''. In July 2011, the station adopted a new logo as well as the slogan "Today's Best Music". By January 2012, more

and rhythmic contemporary hits were added to the playlist. The station also unveiled the HitStorm countdown, based out of Toronto's

CKIS-FM CKIS-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 92.5 MHz in Toronto, Ontario. Owned by Rogers Sports & Media, the station broadcasts a Top 40/CHR format branded as ''KiSS 92.5''. The station was founded on January 26, 1993 as CISS-FM ...

. In March 2012, all of the Rogers-owned "EZ Rock" stations in Northern Ontario started to air the ''Top 20 Most Wanted'', a countdown show produced by

CJMX-FM CJMX-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an adult contemporary format at 105.3 FM in Sudbury, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand ''KiSS 105.3''. The station is owned by Rogers Sports & Media. History CJMX was established in ...

in Sudbury. By June

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, the station dropped the entire

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library and most pre-

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music from its playlist, making it one of the few AC stations to not follow the adult contemporary pattern. CHUR was one of four EZ Rock-branded stations owned and operated by Rogers Media, all of which are located in Northern Ontario (the others being

Sudbury, CHAS-FM Sault Ste. Marie, and

CKGB-FM CKGB-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format at 99.3 FM in Timmins, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand ''KiSS 99.3'' and is owned by Rogers Sports & Media. History The station was launched in late ...

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)."Rogers Preparing To Rebrand Four Ontario EZRock's,"
from Radio Insight, 7/8/2013 On August 29, 2013, all four "EZ Rock" stations rebranded to "

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", discarding the "EZ Rock" branding now owned by Bell Media Radio. In 2020, CHUR changed its moniker to "The New KiSS 100.5", but kept the same slogan and format. The station began carrying the ''Roz and Mocha Show'' from

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which also airs on other Rogers-owned "Kiss" stations across Canada.

References

External links

KiSS 100.5
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