CHYM-FM

CHYM-FM

City	Kitchener, Ontario
Broadcast area	Waterloo Region
Branding	96.7 CHYM FM
Slogan	Today's Best Music
Frequency	96.7 MHz (FM)
First air date	1929
Format	adult contemporary
ERP	80 kW
HAAT	250 meters (820 ft)
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	Sounds like "chime"
Owner	Rogers Media, a division of Rogers Communications (Rogers Radio)
Sister stations	CKGL, CIKZ-FM
Website	www.chymfm.com

CHYM-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 96.7 FM in Kitchener, Ontario. The station currently airs an adult contemporary format using its on-air brand name as 96.7 CHYM and is owned by Rogers Media.

CHYM-FM can be received in far eastern parts of the Thumb region of the neighbouring U.S. state of Michigan. However, it often interferes with CHYR 96.7 in Leamington, Ontario. CHYM can also be well received to the south in Erie, Pennsylvania.

History

Previous CHYM-FM logo

For the history of the 96.7 FM frequency in Kitchener from 1949 to 1993, see CKGL.

The station was originally launched in 1929 as AM 645 CKCR. The station's frequency moved to 1510 in 1934. In 1949, FM sister station CKCR-FM was launched.

In 1965, the stations were acquired by Great Lakes Broadcasting, a consortium that included Maclean-Hunter. Both stations changed their callsigns to CHYM (pronounced as "chime") that year. In 1972, the FM outlet's callsign was changed again, to CKGL (evidently for 'Kitchener, Great Lakes').

In 1982, Maclean-Hunter took over full ownership of the stations.

The CHYM and CKGL intellectual units (call signs, branding, and programming, but not the licences themselves) swapped frequencies in 1992, with CHYM moving to the FM band. (CRTC approval was required, but only as a format swap between the existing stations at 570 and 96.7 as required under the regulations at the time, not a formal exchange of frequencies.)^[1] The stations became part of Rogers in 1994 when that company acquired Maclean-Hunter.

References

↑ "Decision CRTC 92-599". 1992-08-20. Retrieved 2011-12-16.

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Radio stations in Waterloo Region, Wellington County and Brant, Ontario

Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge	CKGL 570 CJIQ 88.3 CKBT 91.5 CJTW 94.3 CHYM 96.7 CKWR 98.5 CKKW 99.5 CKMS 100.3 CFCA 105.3 CIKZ 106.7 CJDV 107.5

Brantford	CKPC 1380 CKPC 92.1 CFWC 93.9

Erin	CHES 91.7

Guelph	CJOY 1460 CFRU 93.3 CIMJ 106.1 CICW 101.1

Mount Forest	CIWN 88.7

Ohsweken	CKRZ 100.3

Caledonia	CHTG 92.9

Paris	CBLA-2 89.1 CJBC-2 89.9 CBL-2 90.7

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²U.S. border station operated by Rogers under a local marketing agreement
³Brand used under license from the CBC.
⁴Studio 41 and its eighth floor offices are leased from the CBC for its NHL coverage.
⁵Part-time network broadcast over the same stations as CBC Television; see CRTC Decision 2015-154

Coordinates: 43°24′15″N 80°38′04″W / 43.40417°N 80.63444°W / 43.40417; -80.63444

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