CHCM-FM is an
FM radio station located in
Marystown
Marystown is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with a population of around 5,000. Situated 306 km from the province's capital, St. John's, it is on the Burin Peninsula. Until the early 1990s, its economy was large ...
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Canada
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broadcasting at 88.3
MHz. Owned by
Stingray Group
Stingray Group Inc. (formerly Stingray Digital and Stingray Digital Group) is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company based in Montreal, Quebec, with offices in the United States, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, ...
, CHCM first went on the air on May 23, 1962. It is an affiliate of
VOCM. CHCM was originally broadcast on 560
AM before moving to 740 in 1990.
In September 2016, CHCM and
CKVO in
Clarenville
Clarenville is a town on the east coast of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Clarenville was incorporated in 1951. It is located in the Shoal Harbour valley, fronting an arm of the Atlantic Ocean called Random S ...
cancelled their remaining local programming and now simulcast VOCM in
St. John's full-time.
On July 4, 2019, Stingray received
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 ...
approval to convert CHCM to 88.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 59,300 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of the antenna above average terrain of 186.1 metres).
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-237
''CRTC'', July 4, 2019
References
External links
VOCM
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Hcm
Hcm
Hcm
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