WYUL

WYUL (94.7 FM, "94-7 Hits FM") is a contemporary hit radio music formatted radio station licensed in Chateaugay, New York.

Though the station serves nearby communities in New York State (including Malone and Massena) and the Ontario city of Cornwall, it primarily targets the much larger market of Montreal, Quebec. To that end, WYUL's current slogan is "Montreal's 20 in a Row Hit Music Channel" [1]. Its main competitor is CJFM-FM (Virgin Radio 96), which plays a hot adult contemporary format rather than with top 40. WYUL can be heard as far as Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. With coverage area similar to Orangeville, Ontario's CIDC-FM (despite the station's studios in Toronto) in the Toronto area, it is Montreal's only English-language contemporary hit radio station.

The station was originally a rebroadcast station on top 40 WYSX Ogdensburg, New York until 2002, when the station segued to its own branding and broadcasting. WYUL's sister stations are WVNV 96.5 and WICY, both licensed in Malone. In addition, WYUL increased its effective radiated power to 50,000 watts. WYUL became Montreal's first English-language contemporary hit radio station since 1991, when CHTX (990 Hits) became CKIS (that station is still in operation as CKGM) and CJFM-FM's flip from contemporary hit radio to adult top 40 at that time.

Ever since CJFM-FM became Virgin Radio in 2009, WYUL adopted CJFM-FM's secondary former slogan, Montreal's #1 Hit Music Station, but used "Channel" instead.

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WYUL
• Radio-Locator information on WYUL
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WYUL