CHBY-FM
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| City | Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada |
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| Branding | 106.5 Moose FM |
| Slogan | The Valley's Greatest Hits |
| Frequency | 106.5 FM |
| First air date | October 16, 2015 |
| Format | Greatest Hits |
| ERP | 12 kWs |
| HAAT | 127 meters (417 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Owner | Haliburton Broadcasting Group |
CHBY-FM is a radio station which broadcasts a classic hits/adult contemporary format on the frequency of 106.5 FM/MHz in Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada. This is Barry's Bay's first commercial FM radio station.
Owned by the Haliburton Broadcasting Group, the station received CRTC approval on January 12, 2011.[1]
The stations' new call sign will be CHBY-FM with the Moose FM branding and a launch date for the new radio station has yet to be announced.[2]
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.[3] The transaction was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012.[4]
In 2013, Vista had until January 12, 2014 to get CHBY-FM on the air.[5] The station was granted a second extension date of October 19, 2015 to get the station on the air.
CHBY-FM officially signed on the air at 12:00 PM on October 16, 2015 branded as 106.5 Moose FM The Valley's Greatest Hits. The station has a greatest hits format and broadcasts from the CBC tower just outside Barry's Bay with a ERP of 12,000 watts.
References
- ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-20
- ↑ The new Haliburton station up in Barry's Bay..., Scott Fybush/NorthEast Radio Watch, January 24, 2011
- ↑ "Westerkirk Capital Acquires Vista and Haliburton Broadcast Groups". Broadcaster, April 26, 2012.
- ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-577 Various radio programming undertakings – Acquisition of assets, CRTC, October 19, 2012
- ↑ Canadian Radio News CRTC Transactions February 2013 (under extensions granted), airchecker.ca, March 1, 2013
External links
- 106.5 Moose FM - mybarrysbaynow.com
- Moose FM
- History of Ottawa Valley Radio Stations and Central Ontario from the Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CHBY-FM
Coordinates: 45°29′23″N 77°43′34″W / 45.48972°N 77.72611°W