CHMS-FM

CHMS-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.7 FM in Bancroft, Ontario. The station airs a Classic Hits and music mix format using the on-air branding Moose FM, and is owned by Vista Broadcast Group.

CHMS-FM
CityBancroft, Ontario
Frequency97.7 MHz (FM)
BrandingMoose FM
SloganBancroft's Greatest Hits
Programming
Formatclassic hits/music mix
Ownership
OwnerVista Broadcast Group
History
First air date
1975 (AM)
2001 (FM)
Former frequencies
1240 kHz (AM) (1975-2001)
Call sign meaning
C H MooSe
Technical information
ClassC1
ERP50 kilowatts
Horizontal Polarization Only
HAAT174.4 meters (572 ft)
Links
Websitewww.mybancroftnow.com

The station originally began broadcasting as CJNH in 1975, on the AM band at 1240 kHz and partially rebroadcasting CJBQ in Belleville, and CJTN in Trenton, to the south. CJNH was given approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on March 2, 2001 to convert to FM,[1] and moved to the FM band at 97.7 FM in May 2001 with the new callsign CHMS.

On April 23, 2012 Vista Broadcast Group, which owns a number of radio stations in western Canada, announced a deal to acquire Haliburton Broadcasting, in cooperation with Westerkirk Capital.[2] The transaction was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012.[3]

Undated, the station became a classic hits with a variety mix of music as "Bancroft's Greatest Hits", "97.7 Moose FM".

References
  1. Decision CRTC 2001-158
  2. "Westerkirk Capital Acquires Vista and Haliburton Broadcast Groups" Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Broadcaster, April 26, 2012.
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-577 Various radio programming undertakings – Acquisition of assets, CRTC, October 19, 2012


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