CHOA-FM

CHOA-FM
City	Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Frequency	96.5 MHz (FM)
Branding	Wow 96.5
Programming
Format	Adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner	Cogeco
History
First air date	1939 (on AM); 1990 (conversion to FM)
Former call signs	CKRN (1939-1990)
Former frequencies	1240 kHz (1939-?); 1400 kHz (?-1990)
Technical information
Class	C
ERP	61.1 kW peak; horizontal polarization only
HAAT	204 meters (669 ft)
Links
Website	abitibi.wowfm.com//

CHOA-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 96.5 FM in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The station has an adult contemporary format branded as Wow 96.5.

Logo for Planète, 2008-2015

Owned and operated by Cogeco following its 2018 acquisition of most of the stations formerly owned by RNC Media, the station aired an adult contemporary format from its inception, both under independent branding and as an affiliate of Astral Media's RockDétente network. The station briefly adopted a modern rock format branded as Radio X after RNC Media acquired CHOI in Quebec City in 2006, but later reverted to the Couleur FM name and format, and was rebranded as Planète in 2008. The Radio X branding later resurfaced at sister stations CHGO-FM and CJGO-FM.

CHOA also has rebroadcast transmitters in Val-d'Or (103.5)^[1] and La Sarre (103.9).^[2] RNC applied in 1996 to convert CHOA's retransmitter in Val-d'Or into an originating station, but was denied because the market could not support a new commercial station.^[3]

In December 2014, it was announced that CHOA-FM would become an affiliate of Cogeco's Rythme FM network, starting on March 9, 2015.^[4] The station was the second Rythme FM outlet owned by RNC, with CHLX-FM Gatineau being the first.

On August 7. 2017, CHOA dropped the "Rhythme" brand and re-branded as Wow FM. CHLX had similarly re-branded.^[5]

References[]

^ Decision CRTC 93-587
^ Decision CRTC 96-747
^ Decision CRTC 96-51
^ Fagstein: "Rythme FM expands with third new affiliate in six months", December 17, 2014.
^ "Rythme FM devient WOW dès le 7 août". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2017-08-19.

External links[]

Rythme FM Abitibi
CKRN-AM history — Canadian Communications Foundation
CHOA-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
CHOA-FM in the REC Canadian station database
Online Radio Stream

Coordinates: 48°15′55″N 79°02′36″W / 48.26528°N 79.04333°W / 48.26528; -79.04333

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[1] Decision CRTC 93-587

[2] Decision CRTC 96-747

[3] Decision CRTC 96-51

[4] Fagstein: "Rythme FM expands with third new affiliate in six months", December 17, 2014.

[5] "Rythme FM devient WOW dès le 7 août". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2017-08-19.

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show v t Radio stations in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec
Rouyn-Noranda	CHIC 88.7 CBFX-4 89.9 CHLM 90.7 CHGO-1 95.7 CHOA 96.5 CHUN 98.3 CJMM 99.1 CBMA 99.9
Amos/Val-d'Or	CBML 570 CBFX-3 88.3 CHLM-1 91.5 CHUT-1 92.5 CJMV 102.7 CHOA-1 103.5 CHGO 104.3 CHOW 105.3
La Sarre	CJMM-1 92.5 CHLM-2 100.7 CJGO 102.1 CHOA-2 103.9
Notre-Dame-du-Nord	CHNT 92.3
Senneterre	CBF-1 710 CIBO 89.9
Temiscaming	CKVM-1 92.1 CBFZ 103.1
Ville-Marie	CBFY 89.1 CKVM 93.1
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show v t Cogeco
Cable television stations	Cable 14 YourTV
AM radio stations	CKAC 730 Montreal
FM radio stations	Rythme FM CFGL 105.7 Montreal CFGE 93.7/98.1 Sherbrooke CJEB 100.1 Trois-Rivières CFOM 102.9 Quebec City CIME FM CIME 103.9 Saint-Jérôme CHPR 102.1 Hawkesbury ON CJLA 104.9 Lachute Wow FM CHOA 96.5 Rouyn-Noranda Planète CFGT 104.5 Alma CKXO 93.5 Chibougamau CHVD 100.3 Dolbeau-Mistassini CHRL 99.5 Roberval Capitale Rock CJGO 102.1 La Sarre CHGO 104.3 Val-d'Or Talk radio CHMP 98.5 Montreal CJMF 93.3 Quebec City CKOF 104.7 Gatineau CKOY 107.7 Sherbrooke CKOB 106.9 Trois-Rivières Other CKOI 96.9 Montreal CKBE 92.5 Montreal CKYK 95.7 Saguenay
Other properties	Atlantic Broadband
Defunct properties	CKO Radio Network CKOI network CJTS 104.5 Sherbrooke Souvenirs Garantis