VOAR (AM)

VOAR

City	Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador
Branding	VOAR
Frequency	1210 kHz (AM) 96.7 MHz (FM)
First air date	1929
Format	Religious
Power	10,000 watts (day and night)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Voice Of Adventist Radio
Owner	The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Newfoundland & Labrador
Website	www.voar.org

VOAR (Voice of Adventist Radio) is a Canadian radio station, which airs religious programming in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador at 1210 kHz.

The station first broadcast in the fall of 1929. Over the years, the station switched from one AM frequency to another, until VOAR moved to its current frequency, which was approved by the CRTC in 1991.^[1] Since 2002 it was broadcasting mainly on FM.^[2]

VOAR is one of just four broadcast radio stations (all in Newfoundland) in Canada whose call letters do not begin with C. The others, VOWR, VOCM, and VOCM-FM, are based in St. John's, where VOAR initially was based. With the exception of VOCM-FM, these stations first aired before Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation in 1949. The ITU prefix VO was originally assigned to Newfoundland and remains in use by Newfoundland and Labrador radioamateurs.

On October 6, 2016, the CRTC received an application from VOAR to convert to the FM band as VOAR-FM at 96.7 MHz at 100 kW of power, and to shut down its AM 1210 kHz signal and its Bay Roberts repeater, with the remainder becoming repeaters of the new FM signal. Reasons for the conversion request stated in the application were listener confusion with VOWR (both stations receive each other's mail), signal reception issues in portions of the St. John's area, and the AM station's transmitter (installed in 1990) reaching the end of its usable life.^[3] On June 27, 2017, the CRTC approved VOAR's application to replace its english-language religious AM radio programming undertaking VOAR Mount Pearl and its rebroadcasting transmitter VOAR-1-FM Bay Roberts. The new FM station in Mount Pearl will operate at 96.7 MHz (channel 244C1) with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 156.8 metres). ^[4]

Rebroadcasters

In 2002, VOAR has added several FM rebroadcast transmitters in various parts of the province.^[5] VOAR is also carried across Canada on Bell TV Channel 950 and Rogers Cable Channel 929.

A broadcasting licence up to 2015 was issued in 2008.^[6]^[7]

In 2008 various transmitters were opened in British Columbia.

Call sign	Frequency	City of License
VOAR-1-FM	0095.9 FM	Bay Roberts
VOAR-2-FM	0099.5 FM	Marystown
VOAR-3-FM	0091.7 FM	Lewisporte
VOAR-4-FM	0089.7 FM	Gander
VOAR-5-FM	0102.1 FM	Deer Lake
VOAR-6-FM	0101.1 FM	Botwood
VOAR-7-FM	0103.3 FM	Springdale
VOAR-8-FM	0098.3 FM	Grand Falls-Windsor
VOAR-9-FM	0105.7 FM	Corner Brook
VOAR-10-FM	0099.9 FM	Channel-Port aux Basques
VOAR-11-FM	0101.9 FM	Happy Valley-Goose Bay
VOAR-12-FM	0102.5 FM	Labrador City/Wabush
VOAR-13-FM	0107.1 FM	Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
VF2497	0106.5 FM	Cranbrook, British Columbia
VF2507	092.9 FM	Creston, British Columbia
VF2508	099.9 FM	Golden, British Columbia
VF2515	092.9 FM	Nakusp, British Columbia
VF2519	095.1 FM	Williams Lake, British Columbia
VF2532	094.1 FM	Hope, British Columbia
VF2533	092.7 FM	Inuvik, Northwest Territories
VF2535	0101.5 FM	Terrace, British Columbia
VF8026	092.3 FM	Quesnel, British Columbia

The station also had repeaters in Prince George, British Columbia on 107.3 (VF2510); Kamloops 105.1 (VF2525); Kelowna on 98.9 (unknown call-sign); and Oliver on 106.1 (VF2524), but was taken off the air due to licensing issues with the CRTC in January 2009.^[8]^[9] The station also had applications to expand into 25 additional communities in British Columbia in early 2009.^[10]

References

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Radio stations in the St. John's/Mount Pearl and northeastern Avalon Peninsula area
By AM frequency	VOCM 590 CBN 640 VOWR 800 CJYQ 930 VOAR 1210
By FM frequency	CBN-1 88.5 CICQ 92.3 CHMR 93.5 CHOZ 94.7 VOCM 97.5 CKIX 99.1 CKSJ 101.1 CBAX-2 101.9 CBAF-17 105.9 CBN 106.9
Newfoundland and Labrador radio markets Central Newfoundland Labrador St. John's Southern Newfoundland See also List of radio stations in Newfoundland and Labrador

Radio stations in Southern Newfoundland (except the St. John's area)
Port aux Basques	CFGN 1230 CBNE 91.9 VOAR 99.9
Marystown	CHCM 740 CBNM 90.3 CBN 91.7 CIOZ 96.3 VOAR 99.5
Clarenville	CKVO 710 CBNL 93.7 CKLN 97.1 VOCM-FM-1 100.7 CJMY 105.3 CKSJ-FM 107.5
Newfoundland and Labrador radio markets Central Newfoundland Labrador St. John's Southern Newfoundland See also List of radio stations in Newfoundland and Labrador

Radio stations in Central and Western Newfoundland
Corner Brook	CFCB 570 CBY 990 CBN 91.1 CKOZ 92.3 CKVB 100.1 CKXX 103.9 VOAR 105.7
Gander	CKGA 650 CBG 1400 VOAR 89.7 CFAZ 97.7 CKXD 98.7
Grand Falls-Windsor	CBT 540 CKCM 620 CBN 90.7 CKMY 95.9 VOAR 98.3 CKXG 102.3
Lewisporte	VOAR 91.7 CKXG 101.3
Norris Point	CHBB 95.9
Stephenville	CHUG 740 CFSX 870 CBNC 88.7 CBAF 94.3 CBN 95.1 CKXX 95.9 CIOS 98.5
Newfoundland and Labrador radio markets Central Newfoundland Labrador St. John's Southern Newfoundland See also List of radio stations in Newfoundland and Labrador Côte-Nord Radio

Radio stations in Labrador
Happy Valley-Goose Bay	CKZN 6.16 MHz CFGB 89.5 CFLN 97.9 CKOH 99.3 VOAR 101.9
Labrador City/Wabush	CBSI 93.1 CFLW 94.7 CBDQ 96.3 CJRM 97.3 VF2050 99.1 VF2150 101.3 VOAR 102.5
Churchill Falls	CBSI 89.1 CBQA 91.1 CFLC 97.9
Makkovik	CIML 99.5 CBNI 103.5
Other communities	CHLR 89.9 (Rigolet) CJPL 89.9 (Postville) CKOK 99.9 (Nain) CJIK 94.1 (Sheshatshiu)
Newfoundland and Labrador radio markets Central Newfoundland Labrador St. John's Southern Newfoundland See also List of radio stations in Newfoundland and Labrador Côte-Nord Radio

Radio stations in the Okanagan Valley-Shuswap Country, British Columbia
Kelowna	CKFR 1150 CBTK 88.9 CBU-3 89.3 CBUF-2 90.5 CKKO 96.3 CHSU 99.9 CILK 101.5 CKQQ 103.1 CJUI 103.9 CKLZ 104.7
Penticton	CKOR 800 CFUZ 92.9 CBTP 93.7 CJMG 97.1 CIGV 100.7
Vernon	CICF 105.7 CBYV 106.5 CKIZ 107.5
Revelstoke	CBPK 1580 CBPR 89.9 VF2590 92.5 CKCR 106.1
Cranbrook	CBRR 101.3 CHDR 102.9 CHBZ 104.7 VF2497 106.5 CFSM 107.5
Other	CKGR 106.3 (Golden) VF2508 99.9 (Golden) CKIR 870 (Invermere) CJOR 1240 (Osoyoos) CKXR 91.5 (Salmon Arm) CHOR 98.5 (Summerland) CKQR 99.3 (Castlegar) CHNV 103.5 (Nelson) CJLY 93.5 (Nelson) CKGF-2 96.7 (Grand Forks) CJAT 95.7 (Trail) CBPM 1260 (Sicamous) CHLS 100.5 (Lillooet)
British Columbia radio markets Okanagan Prince George / Northern Interior Thompson-Cariboo Northern & Western Vancouver Island Southwest BC Mainland Greater Vancouver Victoria & Mid Island See also List of radio stations in British Columbia

Christian radio stations in Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador	Mount Pearl: VOAR 1210 St. John's: VOWR 800
Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown: CIOG 91.3
Nova Scotia	Halifax: CJLU 93.9 CIRP 94.7 Truro: CINU 106.3
New Brunswick	Blackville: CJFY 107.7 Fredericton: CIXN 96.5 Moncton: CITA 105.1 CKOE 107.3 Saint John: CINB 96.1
Quebec	Brompton: CJRF 93.1 Cookshire-Eaton: CILA 88.1 Montreal: CIRA 91.3 Quebec City: CION 90.9 Rouyn-Noranda: CHIC 88.7 Scotstown: CHPV 103.7 Sherbrooke: CFPP 88.1
Ontario	Apsley: CFSH 92.9 Barrie: CJLF 100.3 Belleville: CKJJ 102.3 Brantford: CFWC 93.9 Chatham: CKGW 89.3 Godfrey: CJCE 93.7 Kitchener: CJTW 94.3 London: CHJX 105.9 Oakville: CJYE 1250 Ottawa: CJVN 92.7, CHRI 99.1 St. Thomas: VF8016 90.1 Sudbury: CJTK 95.5 Thunder Bay: CJOA 95.1 Windsor: CJAH 90.5 Woodstock: CJFH 94.3
Manitoba	Winnipeg: CHVN 95.1
Saskatchewan	Nipawin: CIOT 104.1 Saskatoon: CFAQ 100.3 Yorkton: CJJC 100.5
Alberta	Calgary: CJLI 700 CJSI 88.9 Drayton Valley: CIDV 90.3 Edmonton: CJCA 930 CJRY 105.9 Grande Prairie: CJGY 96.3 Medicine Hat: CJLT 93.7 Wetaskiwin: CIHS 93.5
British Columbia	Prince Rupert: CIAJ 100.7
Northern Canada	Whitehorse: CIAY 100.7
See also: List of Christian radio stations in Canada

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