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| Broadcast area | Clarence-Rockland |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 92.5 MHz (FM) |
| Branding | Hot Country 92.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Evanov Communications |
| CKHK-FM, CFWC-FM, CKDX-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | October 15, 2013 |
Call sign meaning | CH Rockland/Clarence (broadcast area) |
| Technical information | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 333 watts |
| HAAT | 54.8 meters (180 ft) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | hotcountry925.ca |
CHRC-FM (92.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Rockland, Ontario, Canada. The station is owned by Evanov Communications through licensee Dufferin Communications Inc. It broadcasts a country format and is branded as Hot Country 92.5. Some programming is simulcast with co-owned CKHK-FM in Hawkesbury.
CHRC has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 333 watts. It is on the same channel as 100,000 watt CKBE-FM Montreal, less than 100 kilometres away. That may cause interference in some areas between CHRC and CKBE-FM. These interference problems were addressed in the station's paperwork with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which approved the application on February 25, 2013.[1]
Evanov announced on September 5, 2024, that the station, along with CKHK-FM in Hawkesbury and CJWL-FM in Ottawa are to close effective September 20, 2024 due to " a difficult media climate, and the residual effects of the pandemic."[2] Days before the deadline, however, a deal was announced with the Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria cooperative, the licensee of CHOD-FM, to acquire CHRC and CKHK from Evanov, pending approval from the CRTC.[3]
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-94, English-language FM radio station in Clarence-Rockland, CRTC, February 25, 2013
- ^ "Evanov to shutter three FM stations". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ Connie Thiessen, "GO FM to acquire two Evanov stations set for closure". Broadcast Dialogue, September 18, 2024.