- CHAY-FM
Infobox Radio station
name = CHAY-FM
city = Barrie,Ontario ,Canada
area = Central Ontario
branding = FM 93
slogan = Barrie's Fresh Music Mix
airdate =May 21 1977
frequency = 93.1 MHz (FM )
format = Adult contemporary
power = 96.3kW
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owner =Corus Entertainment
webcast = [http://www.fm93.ca/ FM 93]CHAY-FM is a radio station based in
Barrie, Ontario broadcasting with 100,000 watts at 93.1 on the FM dial. It provides an upbeatadult contemporary format to Simcoe County, including the communities of Orillia, Midland, Collingwood, and dozens of others.History
CHAY-FM began signed on with an
easy listening format onMay 21 ,1977 . The station broadcast from a 1,000 foot tower just south of Barrie that it shared with local television stationCKVR-TV . Later that year, on September 27, a small plane crashed into the tower, destroying it and killing everyone on board.CHIN-FM assisted CHAY in temporarily restoring its signal until the tower was replaced one year later.On October 15, 2000 CHAY-FM flipped to a CHR format as "Energy 93.1" simulcasting some programing from its sister station
CING-FM out ofBurlington, Ontario . The Dance format became more of a CHR format, until on August 15th, 2003, CHAY-FM flipped to its current format to anAdult Contemporary /easy listening format as "The New CHAY 93.1 FM".The station rose to prominence during this 2003-2007
Darren Stevens era as program director. Stevens created the popular "Flashback Diner" radio show & on June 18, 2005 Stevens also hiredKeith Hampshire to host "SuperHits Saturday Night" - a Saturday night 60's-70's oldies show.On Monday, August 11 2008, the station relaunched as "Barrie's Fresh Music Mix... FM 93".
The station covers the counties of Simcoe, Muskoka, Parry Sound, Victoria, Grey, Dufferin and Haliburton, from the 1000 Islands to the Kawartha Lakes, and from Kitchener to Tobermory.
External links
* [http://www.fm93.ca/ FM 93] Official site
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=306&historyID=101/ History on CHAY 93.1 FM] from the Canadian Communications Foundation
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