CHFR-FM is a Canadian

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at 96.5 FM in

Hornby Island Hornby Island of British Columbia, Canada, is one of the two northernmost Gulf Islands, the other being Denman Island. It is located near Vancouver Island's Comox Valley, A small community of 1,225 residents (as of the 2021 census), Hornby is ...

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which was approved for on-air broadcasting on April 2, 2014. Owned by Hornby Community Radio Society, the station initially received

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approval in 2004 for a very low-power English-language developmental community radio station to broadcast at five watts at 91.5 FM; however, the station would be reassigned its new, and current, frequency at 96.5 FM in 2007.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-203
/ref> The station under its original license never went on the air, and its license had lapsed.
Low-power community radio station at Hornby Island, ''CRTC'', April 2, 2014 On August 17, 2010, Hornby Community Radio Society received a new license from the CRTC, with the same frequency and parameters. On April 2, 2014, the station received approval to operate under a standard community radio license at 96.5 MHz at 50 watts, replacing its previous developmental license.

References

External links

Hornby Community Radio Page
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