CHIM is a Canadian radio station, which previously broadcast Christian music on 102.3 FM in Timmins, Ontario. The station also currently broadcasts on 1710 AM.
The station began testing its signal on 102.3 MHz on December 24, 1995, and officially signed on April 7, 1996.Decision CRTC 95-782 New Christian music FM radio station - Approved, CRTC, October 27, 1995 The station has expanded through a network of rebroadcast transmitters in Northern Ontario. CHIM-FM also has a rebroadcaster in Red Deer, Alberta, CHIM-FM-5, which originates some of its own programming.
Its call sign was pronounced, on air, as See Him.
Programming The station's best-known program was the MAD Christian Radio Show, a Christian rock show hosted by Kristen McNulty, which originally started as a show on CHIM. Today, it is syndicated to Christian radio stations across Canada and internationally.
Other programming aired on the station includes Charles Stanley's In Touch and Tristan Emmanuel's No Apologies.
Transmitters
CHIM-FM-5 in Red Deer, Alberta, was licensed as a repeater of CHIM, but broadcast some local programming for the Red Deer area. The transmitter operated on 93.1 FM.Decision CRTC 2000-190 Addition of a transmitter of CHIM-FM at Red Deer, CRTC, June 7, 2000 CHIM-FM-5 would go dark in November 2012 with the revocation of CHIM's licenses.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-589 CHIM-FM Timmins – Non-renewal of licence, CRTC, October 23, 2012
In 2000, CHIM's application to add a transmitter in Toronto on 106.3 MHz was denied.Decision CRTC 2000-204 #23 and 24 under "Frequency considerations"Decision CRTC 2000-206 Various applicants, CRTC, June 16, 2000 In 2001, CHIM's application to add a transmitter in Vancouver, British Columbia, on 92.9 MHz was denied.Decision CRTC 2001-395 Denial of a request to add a low power transmitter of CHIM-FM Timmins at Vancouver, CRTC, July 9, 2001 CHIM's application to add a transmitter at 102.3 MHz in Cochrane was denied as well in 2008.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-15 CHIM-FM Timmins - New transmitter at Cochrane, CRTC, January 28, 2008 An unrelated radio station, CFCJ-FM owned by Cochrane Christian Radio to operate a new English language Christian radio station at Cochrane on 102.1 MHz received CRTC approval on April 18, 2011.
The station's licence renewal application was denied by the CRTC on October 23, 2012, due to regulatory violations. As a result, CHIM-FM was ordered to cease broadcasting Christian music by the end of the broadcast day on November 30, 2012. CHIM was relicensed as Information radio by Industry Canada. CHIM remains active via an online stream on their website, as well as transmitting on 1710 AM.
By September 2014, CHIM returned to terrestrial radio in Timmins on 1710 kHz.As stated on the station's website, http://www.chimfm.com/index.html In 2017, CHIM plans to expand its Christian radio service to Sudbury (1600 AM), Parry Sound, Orillia, Toronto (VFU545 101.7), Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver.CHIM plans to expand its Christian radio service in 2017, chimfm.com CHIM Radio is also coming to Sudbury on 101.7 FM with a Christian music format.
Info Radio CHIM's owner, Roger de Brabant, also operates a number of low-powered tourist information radio stations branded as Info Radio. These stations also use the "Canada's Good News Network", or "Part of the Good News Network" slogan on air sometimes, but do not share the CHIM network's Christian programming. These stations were unaffected by the CRTC decision, and remain on air.
According to the CHIM website, Hearst was listed as CFCL-FM 95.5 and Smooth Rock Falls CKSO-FM 101.9.
On April 17, 2000, Roger de Brabant, received an approval from the CRTC to operate a low-power tourist information FM radio station on 101.5 MHz. Decision CRTC 2000-103, New low-power FM radio programming undertaking, CRTC, April 17, 2000 The call sign was CHTI-FM and is unknown when the station changed frequencies to 102.3 MHz.
In 2017, CHTI launched a new website CHTI Radio Network.www.chtiradionetwork.com- CHTI Radio Network
References
External links CHIM-FM CHIM-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation