Branding Vague FM 88.1 Repeater(s) 106.7 MHz Format community radio | Frequency 88.1 MHz (FM) First air date 1988 | |
City Penetanguishene, Ontario | ||
CFRH-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 88.1 FM in Penetanguishene, Ontario. Owned and operated by the Radio-Huronie cooperative, it is a non-profit French language community radio station for the region's Franco-Ontarian community.
The station uses the on air brand name Vague FM (Wave FM).
History
The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 1988. The cooperative had previously produced some community programming for broadcast on CJBC's Penetanguishene rebroadcaster.
CFRH-FM originally began broadcasting a 10-watt signal on 101.9 FM, along with rebroadcasters on 88.1 FM in Midland, 89.7 FM in Perkinsfield and 101.9 FM in Lafontaine. In 1999, the station was given approval to move to its current frequency, along with a power increase to 4,493 watts. As a result of the power increase, the station no longer needed to maintain the additional transmitters.
In 2005, the station was licensed to increase its transmitter strength from 4.4 to 8.6 kW.
On January 16, 2013, the station submitted an application to add a new FM transmitter at Barrie, which would operate at 106.7 MHz with an ERP of 175 watts (non-directional antenna with an EHAAT of 85.5 metres). This application was approved on November 1, 2013.