- CHMN-FM
CHMN-FM is a Canadian radio station serving Canmore and Banff,
Alberta at 106.5 FM and airs aadult contemporary format under the name Mountain FM.The station began broadcasting in
1983 as CFHC on the AM band at 1450 kHz in Canmore and CFHC-1 at 1340 kHz in Banff. CFHC was a semi-satellite of CFAC AM inCalgary until1992 .CFHC went through different ownerships, programming and in
1997 CFHC was given approval from theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to convert to the FM band to 106.5 MHz in Canmore (CHMN) with a rebroadcast transmitter on the same frequency at 106.5 FM in Banff, known as (CHMN-FM-1). After the station moved to the FM band, the old AM signals were discontinued.Undated: Both transmitters were briefly known as CJMT-FM, until it was changed to its current callsign CHMN.
CHMN Canmore and its transmitter CHMN-FM-1 in Banff are owned by
Rogers Communications at 106.5 FM.External links
* [http://www.mountainfm.ca/ 106.5 Mountain FM]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=776&historyID=354 CHMN history at Canadian Communications Foundation as CFHC]
* [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/eng/Decisions/1997/DB97-321.htm AM to FM CRTC Decision 1997]
* [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2003/db2003-249.htm CHMN - most recent licence renewal CRTC July 2003]
*RecnetCanada|CHMN-FM
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