CKOA is a former radio station in

Arnprior, Ontario Arnprior is a town in Renfrew County, in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located west of Downtown Ottawa, at the confluence of the Madawaska River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. Arnprior has experienced ...

that broadcast at AM 1490 kHz. On February 14, 1985, Opeongo Broadcasting Co. Ltd. received approval for a new AM station at Arnprior. The new station would broadcast on 1490 kHz with a power of 250 watts. CKOA would simulcast programming of CKOB out of

Renfrew, Ontario Renfrew is a town on the Bonnechere River in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Located one hour west of Ottawa in Eastern Ontario, Renfrew is the fourth largest town in the county after Petawawa, Pembroke and Arnprior. The town is a small transpo ...

except for the mid-mornings which originated at the CKOA studio in Arnprior's Sullivan Industrial Park. CKOA signed on April 18. CKOA had several staff including a sales department and production duties and local programming was handled by Station Manager Peter DeWolf. The station was sold in the late 1980s to Annapolis Valley Radio and later to Pelmorex Broadcasting, becoming a full-time repeater and ceasing local programming. In 1990, CKOA became CHVR-2, as CKOB Renfrew became CHVR-1 and both stations were then re-broadcasters of CHVR in Pembroke. In 1996, CHVR and the former CKOA and CKOB were combined into a new FM radio station at 96.7 MHz as

CHVR-FM CHVR-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 96.7 FM in Pembroke, Ontario. The station airs a country format branded as '' Pure Country 96.7''. Prior to May 28, 2019, it was branded ''Star 96.7''. History The station was originally lau ...

out of Pembroke to serve the

Ottawa Valley The Ottawa Valley is the valley of the Ottawa River, along the boundary between Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais, Quebec, Canada. The valley is the transition between the Saint Lawrence Lowlands and the Canadian Shield. Because of the surrou ...

. All three AM transmitters were deleted after the new FM station signed on.Decision CRTC 94-933
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