CHER-FM is a Canadian

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broadcasting from

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, at 98.3 FM. The station broadcasts a

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format branded as ''Max 98.3'', although some current

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songs can be played on this station. The station is owned and operated by the

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. The station hit the airwaves in December 1965, broadcasting at 950 AM until June 11, 2007 when it officially switched to 98.3 FM. On August 11, 2006, the station received CRTC approval to convert to the FM dial which officially occurred at 10:00 a.m. on June 11, 2007; the final song played before the official switchover was "

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" by

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. The FM signal had a brief testing period before the switch, playing a wide variety of

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and

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songs. The owners of the station had received numerous complaints for poor signal quality on AM 950 prior to applying for the FM license. CHER was an

station from 1995 to 2005 when it changed its format to classic hits. Before 1995, it was an

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

station. CHER applied for an FM license in 1995, but the application was denied. In 2010, the station's format was changed to its current

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CKPE-FM CKPE-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting from Sydney, Nova Scotia at 94.9 FM. The station broadcasts a classic hits format branded as ''94.9 The Wave''. The station has been on the air since 1957 under the original call sign CJCB-FM. Th ...

are its sister stations.

References

External links

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