CHMS-FM

CHMS-FM
Bancroft, Ontario;
Frequency	97.7 MHz (FM)
Branding	97.7 Moose FM
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Ownership
Owner	Vista Broadcast Group
History
First air date	1975 (AM); 2001 (FM)
Former frequencies	1240 kHz (AM) (1975–2001)
Call sign meaning	CH MooSe (branding)
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	50 kWs; Horizontal Polarization Only
HAAT	174.4 meters (572 ft)
Links
Website	mybancroftnow.com

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

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.

On December 13, 1984, the CRTC approved a number of applications for a number of AM radio stations across Ontario including CJNH Bancroft to increase their nighttime power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts. ^[1]

CJNH was given approval by the CRTC on March 2, 2001 to convert to FM,^[2] and moved to the FM band at 97.7 FM in May 2001 with the new callsign CHMS-FM.

On April 23, 2012 Vista Broadcast Group, which owns a number of radio stations in western Canada, announced a deal to acquire Haliburton Broadcasting Group, in cooperation with Westerkirk Capital.^[3] The transaction was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012.^[4]

The station later became a classic hits as 97.7 Moose FM.

References

^ Decision CRTC 84-1030
^ Decision CRTC 2001-158
^ "Westerkirk Capital Acquires Vista and Haliburton Broadcast Groups" Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Broadcaster, April 26, 2012.
^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-577 Various radio programming undertakings – Acquisition of assets, CRTC, October 19, 2012

External links

97.7 Moose FM
CHMS-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
CHMS-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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[1] Decision CRTC 84-1030

[2] Decision CRTC 2001-158

[3] "Westerkirk Capital Acquires Vista and Haliburton Broadcast Groups" Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Broadcaster, April 26, 2012.

[4] Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-577 Various radio programming undertakings – Acquisition of assets, CRTC, October 19, 2012

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v t e Vista Radio
Corporate directors	Bryan Edwards (President), Gary Russell (Vice President), Joe Gabor (Director of Sales & Business), Darren Scott (Director of Creative Services)
Radio stations (by call sign)	CFBG CFBK CFBV CFCP CFFM CFIF CFNA CFNI CFPW CFRI CFSF CFXN CFZN CHBY CHGK CHMS CHMT CHNV CHPB CIQC CIRX CIRX-FM-1 CJCD CJCI CJCS CJFB CJJM CJSU CKAP CKAY CKBX CKCQ CKBX CKCQ CKHT CKVV CKLM CKLP CKPP CKNR CKQR CKWL CJOC CKBD CFSM CFLD CKCV CKGF CJLT Defunct: CFGM
See also	Haliburton Broadcasting Group

v t e Adult contemporary radio stations in the Province of Ontario
Anglophone stations	CFBG-FM – Bracebridge CFBK-FM – Huntsville CFGX-FM – Sarnia CFHK-FM – St. Thomas CFJR-FM – Brockville CFLG-FM – Cornwall CFLY-FM – Kingston CFNO-FM – Marathon CFSF-FM – Sturgeon Falls CHAS-FM – Sault Ste. Marie CHCD-FM – Simcoe CHFI-FM – Toronto CHGK-FM – Stratford CHMS-FM – Bancroft CHRE-FM – St. Catharines CHUM-FM – Toronto CHUR-FM – North Bay CHYM-FM – Kitchener CHYR-FM – Leamington CICW-FM - Fergus CIGL-FM – Belleville CIHR-FM – Woodstock CIMA-FM – Alliston CIMJ-FM – Guelph CING-FM – Hamilton CISS-FM – Ottawa CIXK-FM – Owen Sound CJED-FM – Niagara Falls CJJM-FM – Espanola CJKL-FM – Kirkland Lake CJMI-FM – Strathroy CJMJ-FM – Ottawa CJML-FM – Milton CJMX-FM – Sudbury CJRL-FM – Kenora CJTT-FM – Temiskaming Shores CKAP-FM – Kapuskasing CKCB-FM – Collingwood CKDR-FM – Dryden CKGB-FM – Timmins CKMB-FM – Barrie CKMO-FM – Orangeville CKNR-FM – Elliot Lake CKNX-FM – Wingham CKOT-FM – Tillsonburg CKPR-FM – Thunder Bay CKPT-FM – Peterborough CKRU-FM – Peterborough CKSG-FM – Cobourg CKSY-FM – Chatham-Kent CKWS-FM – Kingston CKXM-FM – Exeter
Francophone stations	CHYC-FM – Sudbury CHYK-FM – Timmins CHYQ-FM – West Nipissing
See also List of radio stations in Ontario CHR/Top 40 stations in Ontario

v t e Radio stations in Parry Sound–Muskoka–Haliburton, Ontario (Central Ontario)
Parry Sound District	Britt CBEZ 107.7 Parry Sound CBPO 88.9 CBLR 89.9 CKLP 103.3 Wasauksing CHRZ 91.3
Muskoka District	Bala CFWP 98.3 (defunct) Bracebridge CFBG 99.5 CJMU 102.3 Huntsville CKAR 88.7 CBLU 94.3 CJLF-3 98.9 CFBK 105.5 CBL-1 106.9
Haliburton County	Haliburton CBLY 92.3 CFZN 93.5 CKHA 100.9
Algonquin Park	CJNK 100.1 CJNK-1 101.3 CJNK-2 101.3 CFOA 102.7
Bancroft	CHMS 97.7 CBLA-5 99.3 CKJJ-4 103.5
Nearby regions London Midwestern Ontario North Bay Sudbury See also List of radio stations in Ontario