CFCH-FM ''(defunct)'' was a Canadian
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popul ...
station, broadcasting at 103.5
FM in
Chase,
British Columbia
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. It was last owned by the Chase and District Community Radio Society.
History
On October 6, 2004, the
CRTC
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...
approved the Chase and District
Lions Community Club's application to operate an English-language developmental community FM radio station, broadcasting at 103.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 4.7 watts. The station commenced broadcasting in 2005.
Ownership was transferred to the Chase and District Community Radio Society in 2007.
On August 1, 2008, The CRTC approved the Radio Society's application for a regular, English-language, low-power Type B community FM radio station at 103.5 MHz (channel 278LP) with an effective radiated power of 19.7 watts.
CFCH-FM ceased broadcasting on August 31, 2014, citing lack of support for the community station. The group applied to the CRTC to revoke their broadcasting license, which was approved October 14, 2014.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-533
CFCH-FM Chase - Revocation of licence, ''CRTC'', October 14, 2014
CFCH Call sign History
CFCH was a former call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assig ...
used at a radio station in North Bay, Ontario
North Bay is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of Nipissing District, Ontario, Nipissing District, and takes its name from its position on the shore of Lake Nipissing. North Bay developed as a railroad centre, and its airpo ...
, known today as CKFX-FM. On May 25, 2020, Vista Radio
Vista Radio Ltd. (also formerly known as Vista Broadcast Group) is a Canadian radio broadcasting company. The company only owned stations in British Columbia until 2007, when it expanded outside the province by acquiring an existing station in Ye ...
, who owns CFXN-FM, was approved to operate a new FM radio station at North Bay and is reusing the heritage CFCH call sign in that city. Vista launched the new radio station with the CFCH-FM call sign in North Bay on June 15, 2021.
See also
* RWSfm 103.3: Former Lions radio station in England
* Walsall Hospital Radio
Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield.
Walsall is ...
: Current Lions radio station in England
References
External links
CFCH
- archived website
*
* - Call sign now belongs to a radio station in North Bay, Ontario in 2021.
FCH
FCH
Lions Clubs International
Radio stations established in 2005
2005 establishments in British Columbia
2014 disestablishments in British Columbia
Radio stations disestablished in 2014
Fch
FCH-FM
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