CIYN-FM is a

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radio station in Kincardine,

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, broadcasting on 95.5 FM.

History

The station was launched as ''The Coast FM'' on February 27, 2006, by 2079966 Ontario Ltd., 70.1% owned by local businessmen Brian Cooper and Danny McCarthy, and 29.9% owned by the

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to add a transmitter in Port Elgin operating at 90.9 MHz and was denied on May 13, 2009. The station reapplied to add a transmitter in Port Elgin on January 15, 2010, which received approval on March 12, 2010. The new Port Elgin transmitter would operate on the frequency 90.9 MHz. Also in February 2009, the station's owners announced a tentative deal to sell the station to

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, which received approval on May 13, 2009. On January 4, 2010, CIYN was officially relaunched as ''myFM''. On September 21, 2020, CIYN changed to ''Oldies 95.5, 90.9 and 99.7''. On December 22, 2020, My Broadcasting Corporation signed an agreement to sell CIYN Kincardine and its 2 transmitters CIYN-FM-1 in Goderich and CIYN-FM-2 in Port Elgin to Lakeside Radio Broadcasting Corporation. The CRTC held a hearing on May 27, 2021, to consider the sale and it received approval on June 30, 2021. On September 1, 2021, Lakeside Radio dropped CIYN's

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/ classic hits format to a

format branded as ''Shoreline Classics''.myFM radio has new owners, new brand
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'', September 8, 2021

Rebroadcasters

Previous logos

File:CIYN myFM logo.jpg, CIYN logo as myFM 2010-2020

References

External links

Shoreline Classics

CIYN-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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