CHOP-FM
Radio station in Newmarket, Ontario
- Newmarket, Ontario
First air date
CHOP-FM is a high school radio station that operates at 102.7 FM in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
Owned by Pickering College, the station began broadcasting on September 28, 2007, after it was given approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on February 1, 2007.[1] The station was modelled after another high school radio station in the province called CKVI-FM located in Kingston.
On November 12, 2021, the CRTC issued a call for comments on market capacity to serve Newmarket, Ontario and call for applications to serve Newmarket. The station also submitted an application to increase CHOP-FM's effective radiated power (ERP) from 5 watts LP to 100 watts class A1.[2]
On December 5, 2022, Pickering College Campus Radio submitted an application to operate an English language community FM radio station at Newmarket which would operate at 102.7 MHz (channel 274A1) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 33.5 watts (maximum ERP of 100 watts, and an effective height of the antenna above average terrain [EHAAT] of 9 metres).[3] The CRTC approved Pickering College's application on August 7, 2023.[4]
References
- ^ CRTC Decision 2007-47 Instructional campus FM radio station in Newmarket, Ontario, CRTC, February 1, 2007
- ^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2021-378, Call for comments on market capacity to serve Newmarket, Ontario, and call for applications to serve Newmarket, Ontario, CRTC, November 12, 2021
- ^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2022-331, Pickering College Campus Radio Application 2020-0036-3, CRTC, December 5, 2022
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2023-241, English-language community FM radio station in Newmarket, CRTC, August 7, 2023
External links
- 102.7 CHOP-FM
- CHOP-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CHOP-FM in the REC Canadian station database
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- Brampton
- CHLO 530
- CIRF 1350
- CFNY-FM 102.1
- Caledon
- CJFB-FM 105.5
- Mississauga
- CKNT 960
- CJMR 1320
- CHTO-1 1490
- CINA 1650
- CKC455/CFRE-FM 91.9
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- CHLO 530
- 88.1 (HD1 CIND-FM)
- 90.3 (HD1 CJBC-FM)
- 92.5 (HD1 CKIS-FM, HD2 CFTR, HD3 CJCL)
- 99.9 (HD1 CKFM-FM, HD2 CFRB, HD3 CHUM, HD4 Pure Country)
- 101.3 (HD1 CJSA-FM HD1, HD2 CJSA-FM HD2, HD3 CJSA-FM HD3, CJSA-FM HD4)
- 103.5 (HD1 CIDC-FM)
- 105.9 (HD1 CFMS-FM HD1, HD2 CFMS-FM HD2, HD3 CFMS-FM HD3, CFMS-FM HD4)
- CHEV Radio
- Radio Glendon
- Radio Regent
- Nearby regions –
Canada - Hamilton-Niagara
- Kitchener-Waterloo
- Midwestern Ontario
- Peterborough
- Quinte
- Simcoe County/Barrie/Orillia
U.S.- Buffalo
- See also
- List of radio stations in Ontario
- Notes
- 1. Defunct as a terrestrial radio broadcaster; continuing as an internet-only service
44°02′49″N 79°27′07″W / 44.0470°N 79.4520°W / 44.0470; -79.4520
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