CFAO-FM was a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

that operated at 94.7 FM in

Alliston Alliston is a settlement in Simcoe County in the Canadian province of Ontario. It has been part of the Town of New Tecumseth since the 1991 amalgamation of Alliston and nearby villages of Beeton, Tottenham, and the Township of Tecumseth. The pri ...

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. The station broadcast an

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format. Owned by Frank Rogers, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated the station was licensed on July 28, 2008.

History

In 2008, Rogers was licensed to operate a second radio station at

Beeton Beeton is a small community located in southern Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada between Tottenham and Alliston; all three were amalgamated in 1991 into the single Town of New Tecumseth. Beeton was named for a local apiary. Formerly known as Cl ...

with the callsign CJBT-FM. Not yet on the air, that station had until August 1, 2012 to launch, or face the cancellation of the license. In 2009, CFAO began on-air testing. It is uncertain when the station officially launched. As of June 25, 2010, CFAO has been shut down due to economic troubles, which led to the station's eviction from its rented studios; also during these final days of operation, the station was unable to pay wages to its staffers. In 2013, Rogers sought renewal of CFAO's license; however, on December 19, 2014, the CRTC denied the station's renewal, citing many violations, including remaining dark since 2011, and failing to meet numerous target dates to resume broadcasting - the most recent being April 1, 2014. An intervention report from

My Broadcasting Corporation My Broadcasting Corporation is a Canadian broadcasting company founded in 2004 by Jon Pole and Andrew Dickson. Based in Renfrew, Ontario, the company operates a number of radio stations in small to medium sized markets in Ontario. All of its stati ...

, owner of competing station

CIMA-FM CIMA-FM (92.1 FM, ''FM 92 South Simcoe'') is a radio station licensed to Alliston, Ontario. Owned by Local Radio Lab Inc., it broadcasts an adult contemporary format targeting South Simcoe County. My Broadcasting received approval for the new ...

, cited that CFAO was only on the air for 11 months at most.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-667
CFAO-FM Alliston - Licence renewal ''(denied)'', ''CRTC'', December 19, 2014

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Radio stations disestablished in 2010

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Radio stations established in 2008 2008 establishments in Ontario 2010 disestablishments in Ontario

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