CHMS-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.7
FM in
Bancroft,
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
. The station airs a
classic Hits format using the on-air branding ''97.7
Moose FM'', and is owned by
Vista Broadcast Group.
The station originally began broadcasting as CJNH in 1975, on the
AM band at 1240 kHz and partially rebroadcasting
CJBQ
CJBQ is a Canadian radio station licensed at Belleville, Ontario. It is owned by Quinte Broadcasting along with CIGL-FM and CJTN-FM. CJBQ broadcasts on 800 kHz at a power of 10 kW. The transmitter is located in Prince Edward County. The ante ...
in
Belleville, and
CJTN in
Trenton, to the south.
On December 13, 1984, the CRTC approved a number of applications for a number of AM radio stations across Ontario including CJNH Bancroft to increase their nighttime power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts.
CJNH was given approval by the
CRTC
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; ) is a public organization in Canada tasked with the mandate as a regulatory agency tribunal for various electronic communications, covering broadcasting and telecommunic ...
on March 2, 2001 to convert to FM, and moved to the FM band at 97.7 FM in May 2001 with the new callsign CHMS-FM.
On April 23, 2012
Vista Broadcast Group, which owns a number of radio stations in western Canada, announced a deal to acquire
Haliburton Broadcasting Group, in cooperation with Westerkirk Capital. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-577
Various radio programming undertakings – Acquisition of assets, ''CRTC'', October 19, 2012
The station later became a classic hits as ''97.7 Moose FM''.
References
External links
97.7 Moose FM
CHMS-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
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Radio stations established in 1975
1975 establishments in Ontario
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