CHBE-FM
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| Broadcast area | Greater Victoria |
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| Frequency | 107.3MHz(HD Radio) |
| Branding | 107.3Virgin Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40/CHR |
| Subchannels | HD2:CFAX HD3: Pure Country HD4: Same as HD3 |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| CFAX,CIVI-DT | |
| History | |
First air date | May 26,2000 |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 20,000wattshorizontal polarizationonly |
| HAAT | 142 meters (466 ft) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | iheartradio.ca/virginradio/victoria |
CHBE-FM(107.3MHz) is acommercialradio stationinVictoria, British Columbia.The station is owned byBell Mediaand broadcasts aTop 40/CHRformat.Theradio studiosand offices are on Broad Street in Victoria.
CHBE has aneffective radiated power(ERP) of 20,000wattshorizontal polarizationonly. Thetransmitteris on Claudette Court in Victoria.[1]CHBE broadcasts usingHD Radiotechnology. The HD-2digital subchannelcarries thetalkformat on co-ownedCFAX.The HD3 subchannel rebroadcasts the comedy format heard onCKST.
History
[edit]CFEX (2000–2004)
[edit]The station received approval in October 1999.[2]It originally launched in May 26, 2000 asCFEX,amodern rockstation branded asExtreme 107.3.It was owned by Seacoast Communications, which also ownedCFAXin the city. On August 16,2002,at 1:07 p.m., it changed toadult hitsasB107.3.
Kool FM (2004–2019)
[edit]CFAX and CHBE were acquired by CHUM Limited in November2004.On the 19th of that month, CHBE began playing allChristmas music.At Midnight on December 26, CHBE changed tohot ACas107.3 Kool FM,bringing back the format sinceCHTT-FMflipped toadult hitsin January that year. Kool's first song wasThe Black Eyed Peas'Let's Get It Started.
CHUM Ltd., in turn, was purchased on June 22,2007by CTVglobemedia, which now owns CFAX, CHBE andCIVI-TVin Victoria. Months later, CTVglobemedia would acquireCFBT-FMinVancouver,with CHBE shifting toTop 40/CHR.The shift totop 40proved unsuccessful, and around August 2010, songs from the1980sand1990swere phased back in the playlist, bringing the station back to hot AC.
The station placed 3rd in the Spring 2012BBMRatings for Victoria.[3]
In its final rating survey as "Kool", the radio station placed 6th for the fall 2018NumerisDiary Survey for Victoria.[4]
Virgin Radio (2019–present)
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On February 8, 2019, the station re-branded as107.3Virgin Radio.The last song played on "Kool" was "Thank U, Next"byAriana Grande,while the first song on "Virgin" was "High Hopes"byPanic! At the Disco.
References
[edit]- ^"CHBE-FM".FCCdata.cor.Retrieved27 February2024.
- ^"Decision CRTC 99-480".Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.Retrieved27 February2024.
- ^[1][permanent dead link]
- ^"Top-line Radio Statistics"(PDF).Numeris.Fall 2018. p. 38. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 December 2018.
External links
[edit]- 107.3 Virgin Radio
- CHBE-FMat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
- CHBE-FMin the REC Canadian station database
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