CHMS-FM

Radio station in Bancroft, Ontario

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

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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

## External links

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* 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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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

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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

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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

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