CHSU-FM

CHSU-FM

City of license	Kelowna, British Columbia
Branding	99.9 Sunfm
Slogan	Today's Best Music
Frequency	99.9 MHz (FM)
First air date	1997
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	11,000 watts
Callsign meaning	C H SUn FM
Owner	Bell Media
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	99.9 Sun FM

CHSU-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 99.9 FM in Kelowna, British Columbia. The station, owned by Bell Media, broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format branded as 99.9 Sun FM.

Current on-air hosts include Kevin Lim, Sonia Sidhu, Ian MacKinnon, and Brian Mack. Derek Scott and Sammi Morelli and do part time announcing on weekends.

Syndicated programming includes the American Top 40 countdown and the Canadian Top 20 countdown.

History

CHSU traces its origins to 1995 when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted Four Seasons Radio Ltd. a new FM licence for the Kelowna market offering country music.^[1] Its initial call letters were CKBL and its branding was 99.9 The Bullet. "The Bullet" signed on in October, 1995, and was the sister station of CKIQ, a news/talk radio station on the AM band that was owned by Four Seasons Radio Ltd. as well. In 1996, Okanagan Skeena Radio Group Ltd. acquired a number of radio stations in the Okanagan market when it bought out Four Seasons' parent company.

One year later, in 1997, "99.9 Sun FM" replaced "The Bullet" by offering a hot adult contemporary music format. Its call letters were changed to CHSU as well. Simultaneously, CKIQ changed its call letters to CKBL, which meant the Kelowna market lost a news/talk radio station leaving cross-town competitor CKOV as the sole station offering that format. CKBL continued to offer country music on the rebranded 1150 AM The Bullet.

In 1999, Telemedia acquired Okanagan Skeena Radio Group Ltd. along with other radio assets across the country. In 2002, Standard Broadcasting acquired Telemedia's radio assets. Standard later sold some stations in other provinces to various companies but it has retained its British Columbia stations and 99.9 Sun FM continues to operate with the same format and branding.

In October 2007, Astral Media acquired Standard Broadcasting's terrestrial radio and television assets, including CHSU-FM.

By 2010, Astral switched the Sun FM stations from hot adult contemporary to contemporary hit radio, but the stations continue to report on the Canadian hot AC panel per Mediabase & Nielsen BDS status.

Rebroadcasters

References

• 99.9 Sun FM | Standard Radio Information on the station.
• B.C. Interior radio station history | Canadian Communications Foundation

External links

• 99.9 Sun FM
• CHSU-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CHSU-FM

Coordinates: 49°46′05″N 119°30′03″W / 49.76806°N 119.50083°W / 49.76806; -119.50083