CHMR-FM is a

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station broadcasting on the campus of

Memorial University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland, or MUN (), is a Public university, public research university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook ...

in St. John's,

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, Canada at 93.5

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channel 942 and Aliant TV channel 825. The Memorial University of Newfoundland Radio Society received approval by the

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in 1986 to operate on 93.5 MHz.Decision CRTC 86-740
/ref> The 93.5 frequency launched in January 1987. The station is operated by the university's undergraduate

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, MUNSU. A media fee paid by all undergraduate students at Memorial's St. John's campus is the primary funding for CHMR. Along with '' The Muse'', CHMR receives two dollars from every student each semester. CHMR previously aired on

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at 103.7 MHz in the St. John's area. It moved to

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in late 2006, when Rogers discontinued all traditional cable FM service.

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at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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