CHVR-FM
Broadcast area | Pembroke |
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Frequency | 96.7 MHz (FM) |
Branding | Pure Country 96.7 |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
Ownership | |
Owner | Bell Media |
History | |
First air date | July 1, 1942 |
Former frequencies | 1340 kHz (AM) (1942-1948) 1350 kHz (1948-1996) |
Call sign meaning | CH Valley Radio |
Technical information | |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 157.5 meters (517 ft) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | iheartradio.ca/purecountry/pembroke |
CHVR-FM is a Canadian
History
The station was originally launched on July 1, 1942 as AM 1340 CHOV by Ottawa Valley Broadcasting. In the late 1940s CHOV moved to AM 1350. In 1961, Ottawa Valley also launched CHOV-TV. Workers at CHOV unionized and labour disputes at the channel led to management closing the station and selling it to new owners.[citation needed] The television station was purchased by J. Conrad Lavigne in 1977, adopting the callsign CHRO and becoming part of the MCTV system in 1980. In 1981, Mid-Canada Communications also purchased the radio station; it subsequently adopted the CHRO callsign as well.
In 1990, the MCTV television stations were sold to
, both of which were converted to rebroadcasters of CHVR, known as CHVR-1 Renfrew and CHVR-2 Arnprior.CHVR moved to its current frequency in 1996.[1] Due to its signal strength, the Renfrew and Arnprior AM rebroadcasters were both discontinued. Prior to the change, the CBC, known as CBCD, had occupied 96.7 FM in Pembroke and changed to 92.5 FM.[2] The 1350 allocation would relocate to Gatineau, Quebec, where it was used for a local transmitter for Montreal's CIRA-FM from 2009[3] to 2015.
The station was acquired by
In 2005 and 2006, Standard Broadcasting carried out a series of downsizing measures at CHVR-FM, eliminating the station's traffic and copy departments (centralizing them at CKQB-FM Ottawa) and downsizing the station's newsroom to one full-time and one part-time staffer.
In October 2007, Astral Media acquired Standard Broadcasting's terrestrial radio and television assets, including CHVR.
In July 2013, CHVR-FM was acquired by
On May 28, 2019, as part of a country-wide format reorganization by Bell, CHVR rebranded as Pure Country 96.7.[5]
Former logos
References
External links
- Pure Country 96.7
- CHVR-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CHVR-FM in the REC Canadian station database