CFMO-FM (''Classical 102.9'') is a

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broadcasting a

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format on 102.9

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FM in Collingwood,

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. The station is owned by

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, through licensee MZ Media Inc. It is largely a semi-satellite of ZoomerMedia's

CFMZ-FM CFMZ-FM (''The New Classical 96.3 FM'') is an FM radio station that is licensed to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Broadcasting on 96.3 MHz, the station is owned by ZoomerMedia and airs a classical music radio format. CFMZ's studios are located on Jef ...

96.3 in

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History

On February 29, 2012, ZoomerMedia received a licence from the

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. In that same decision, a competing application by

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for a

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station on 102.9 was denied. The station was originally to operate at 104.9 MHz; however, Bayshore Broadcasting was approved to use the 104.9 frequency in Shelburne, forcing CFMO-FM to find an alternate frequency. On March 15, 2013, the CRTC approved CFMO-FM's application to operate on 102.9 MHz. The 102.9 MHz frequency for CFMO-FM is first adjacent to CFGI-FM 102.7 MHz in

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, operated by a local

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group, causing potential interference between the two stations. In response to this, ZoomerMedia entered into an agreement with Georgina Island First Nations, in which ZoomerMedia agreed to supply CFGI-FM with new transmitting equipment, refurbish its transmitting antenna and cover the costs related to preparing applications for the CRTC. The relocation of CFGI-FM from 102.7 to its new frequency, 92.3 MHz, was approved by the CRTC on March 15, 2013. The station launched on August 30, 2014, as ''Classical 102.9''. All music programming is fed from Toronto, though like sister station CFMX-FM in

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, it originates 24 hours per week of local talk and spoken word programming.

Notes

The call letters CFMO and CFMO-FM was originally used by radio station in the

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area which is known as

CKKL-FM CKKL-FM (93.9 Hertz, MHz) is a Commercial broadcasting, commercial radio station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a country music, country radio format, format branded as "Pure Country (radio network), Pure Country ...

. The call letters were also used on what is now CKBY-FM.

References

External links

Classical 102.9CFMO-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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