CHMT-FM
| City | Timmins, Ontario |
|---|---|
| Branding | Moose FM |
| Slogan | Timmins' Best Variety! |
| Frequency | 93.1 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 2001 |
| Format | classic/adult hits |
| ERP | 16.4 kW |
| HAAT | 95 meters (312 ft) |
| Class | B1 |
| Callsign meaning | CH Mix Timmins ("MIX" the original branding from 2001-2002) |
| Owner | Vista Broadcast Group |
| Website | Moose FM 93.1 Website |
CHMT-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 93.1 FM in Timmins, Ontario. The station broadcasts a classic hits format branded as Moose FM. The station was previously owned by Haliburton Broadcasting Group before being sold to Vista Radio.
The Haliburton Broadcasting Group was licensed by the CRTC in February 2001 to open up a new English-language commercial FM radio station in Timmins Ontario.[1]
The station originally launched in 2001 as an adult contemporary station branded as Mix 93. Some current hot adult contemporary/contemporary hit radio singles were dayparted into the evening and overnight periods. However, around the same time as CHMT's launch in 2001, Telemedia moved the competing CKGB to FM as well as flipping that station's format from country to adult contemporary.
CHMT briefly responded by playing at least one country song an hour; eventually, amid competition between the two stations for audience share and advertising revenue, CHMT adopted the Moose FM branding and a country music format in 2002.
In 2005, Haliburton Broadcasting group received a license for a new FM radio station at 106.3 in North Bay, for which they proposed a format based on that of CHMT. The station launched in 2006 under the call letters CFXN.
On March 13, 2006, after a day of stunting in which it played entirely Shania Twain music, the station dropped country music for an adult hits format as "Timmins' best of whatever, The Moose 93.1 FM."
On April 5, 2011, Haliburton Broadcasting applied to the CRTC to increase CHMT-FM's signal from 3,600 to 16,400 watts, by increasing the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 75.8 to 95 metres, and by changing its class from A to B1. This was approved on June 3, 2011.[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]
References
- ↑ Decision CRTC 2001-48
- ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-359
- ↑ "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
External links
- Moose FM Timmins - CHMT
- CHMT-FM history - Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CHMT-FM
Coordinates: 48°27′57″N 81°26′52″W / 48.46583°N 81.44778°W