CHEV-FM
Community radio station in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador
First air date
November 2020 (94.5 FM)
Call sign meaning
CHEV-FM is a community radio station that operates at 94.5 MHz in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The station is branded as Valley Radio.
History
The station originally began as an internet radio station in 2017 as a project to bring local voices back to the Grand Falls-Windsor area, after the CBC[1] and VOCM[2] closed the stations in the community.[3]
On July 29, 2019, Exploits Valley Community Radio Inc. (EVCR) received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a low-power, English-language community FM radio station at 94.5 MHz in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador.[4]
In November 2020, CHEV-FM signed on the air as Valley Radio.
References
- ^ CBC puts central Newfoundland operations under one roof, CBC News, February 27, 2015
- ^ Reports indicate VOCM operations closure in Grand Falls-Windsor, SaltWire Network, September 29, 2017
- ^ Volunteers bring new station from the web to FM dial in Grand Falls-Windsor, CBC News, August 16, 2019
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-266, Community radio station in Grand Falls-Windsor, CRTC, July 29, 2019
External links
- Valley Radio
- History of CHEV-FM - Canadian Communications Foundation
- CHEV-FM in the REC Canadian station database
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- See also
- List of radio stations in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Côte-Nord Radio
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