CHOO-FM (99.5 FM, "Boom 99.5") is a

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in Drumheller, Alberta. Owned by Stingray Radio, it broadcasts a classic hits format.

History

The station was licensed by the CRTC in 2008, and officially launched at 8:00 AM MST on April 28,

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

as ''99.5 Drum FM''. The CHOO callsign was formerly used at a radio station, known today as CJKX-FM in

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from 1967-1994 and at another station, ( now defunct) in

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from 2000–2002. Both of these stations that used the CHOO callsign have no relation to the current CHOO-FM in Drumheller, Alberta. On January 7, 2019, Stingray Radio announced its intent to acquire CHOO-FM from

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; this would make it a sister to

CKDQ CKDQ-FM (92.5 FM ''New Country 92.5'') is a radio station in Drumheller, Alberta. Owned by Stingray Group, it broadcasts a country format. Before the switch to FM, CKDQ was the only station in Canada that broadcast on 910 AM, a regional broadc ...

. On August 28, 2019, CHOO flipped from

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to classic hits as '' Boom 99.5''.

References

External links

* * — news website operated by the station cluster.
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at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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