CHBY-FM
CHBY-FM is a new radio station which will broadcast an adult contemporary format on the frequency of 106.5 FM/MHz in Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada. This will be 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]
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
External links
- Moose FM
- History of Ottawa Valley Radio Stations and Central Ontario at the Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CHBY-FM
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