CHYC-FM
Hot adult contemporary (French) | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | Le5 Communications |
CHYK-FM, CHYQ-FM | |
History | |
First air date | December 8, 1957 |
Former call signs | CFBR (1957-1990) |
Former frequencies | 550 kHz (AM) (1957-1969) 900 kHz (1969-2000) |
Call sign meaning | an available callsign that could be pronounced like the French word "chic" |
Technical information | |
Class | B1 |
ERP | 3.82 watts |
HAAT | 181.9 meters (597 ft) |
Links | |
Website | leloupfm.com |
CHYC-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 98.9
CHYC and its sister stations CHYK-FM in Timmins and CHYQ-FM in West Nipissing are the only francophone commercial stations programmed entirely in Ontario. Apart from commercials and local weather updates, the three stations now simulcast the same programming at virtually all times; although all three stations formerly produced their own individual morning shows and then each hosted a later daypart within a shared broadcast schedule for the remainder of the day, all of the stations are now programmed from Sudbury.
History
The station first aired on December 8, 1957 as 550
In 1969, CFBR and CHNO swapped frequencies. CHNO took over the 550 AM signal, and CFBR moved to 900. CFBR remained a Radio-Canada affiliate until the launch of
In 1985, Ricard sold CFBR, CHNO and CJMX to Mid-Canada Radio, although as a minority shareholder in that company he retained a partial ownership stake.
The station adopted its current call sign and format in 1990, after the three stations were acquired by Pelmorex Radio Network. Pelmorex sold the stations in 1998, when Telemedia acquired CJMX, and 1999, when Haliburton Broadcasting Group acquired CHYC and CHNO. Haliburton subsequently converted both stations to FM after receiving approval from the CRTC on August 31, 1999.[2] In 2000, the stations first aired on FM and discontinued their old AM signals. CHYC moved to 98.9 FM in early 2000 and simulcast on AM 900, until it left the air on March 31 of that year after the licensee resolved a technical problem relating to the implementation of the new FM transmitter.[3]
During CHYC's (formerly CFBR) existence on AM 900, the station had suffered some co-channel interference during the nighttime hours from 900 CHML Hamilton, making it unlistenable in the areas of Greater Sudbury including the outlying areas. CHYC never applied for any signal upgrades or frequency changes on the AM band until its move to FM 98.9 in 2000.
Haliburton subsequently sold CHNO to
In 2008, Haliburton announced a deal to sell the CHYC stations to Le5 Communications, a firm owned by Sudbury lawyer Paul Lefebvre. This deal was approved by the
Le5 Communications rebranded the station as Le Loup 98.9 in early 2009, and moved the station to new studios at 100 Brian McKee Lane in downtown Sudbury. Musician and actor
In 2011, Le5 Communications filed an application to change the station's authorized signal contours by increasing the effective radiated power from 1,400 to 4,620 watts (from class A to class B1) and by increasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 165.3 to 181.9 metres).[5] The CRTC approved Le5's application on September 28, 2011.[6]
The company also purchased Sudbury's existing francophone community newspaper Le Voyageur in 2011.[7]
Undated, CHYC-FM moved into their new studios at 336 Pine Street in Sudbury.
Rebroadcasters
A community group in Chapleau, Formation Plus, holds an independent license to rebroadcast the signal of CHYC. This transmitter operates on 95.9 FM in Chapleau with the call sign CHAP-FM.[8][9]
References
- ^ F. Baxter Ricard - Canadian Communications Foundation
- ^ CRTC Decision 99-404 Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Decision CRTC 2000-71
- ^ CRTC Decision 2008-296
- ^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2011-314
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-627
- ^ "Sudbury's French newspaper Le Voyageur sold". Points North (CBCS-FM), May 20, 2011.
- ^ CRTC Decision 2007-70
- ^ CHAP-FM in the REC Canadian station database (95.9 MHz Chapleau, Ontario)
External links
- leloupfm.com
- Le Loup 98.9 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
- CHYC-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CHYC-FM in the REC Canadian station database
- CHAP-FM in the REC Canadian station database (95.9 MHz Chapleau, Ontario)
- 900CHYC in the REC Canadian station database (Old frequency)