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CHTD-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 98.1 FM in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. The station plays a country music format and is branded on-air as 98.1 The Tide. The station is owned by Acadia Broadcasting.
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The station has been broadcasting since May 28, 2001.
Shows
The Tide's Morning Show, Weekdays with Mark Downey(6am-12pm)
The Afternoon Show/Cruising Home Show, Weekdays with Jessi Smith (12pm-7pm)
The Weekend Show, Saturdays with the PT Announcers (7am-2pm)
Casey Clarke Country Countdown (Saturdays 2-6pm, Sundays 11-3pm)
The Weekend Jamboree with Mark Downey (Saturdays 6-9pm)
On-Air Staff
Mark Downey
Jessi Smith
Cory Morrow
Shawn Richard
Former On-Air Staff
Kyle Moore
Sarah Legacy
Perry White
Kim Levesque
Allan Scott
Tracy Hanson
Brittany Gullison
Aaron Cosgrove
Johnny Barker
John Higgins
Blair Hamilton
Jonathan Berriault
Station Contests
Reverse Trivia
The Big Kiss Contest
Mother Daughter Look Alike Contest
The Tide's Haunted House
Win & Wed By The Sea
Various opportunities to win tickets for other draws, shows, etc.
History
2000
On August 24, New Brunswick Broadcasting Co.Ltd. was awarded a licence for a new FM station at St. Stephen. It would broadcast on a frequency of 98.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 40,000 watts. The new station would provide the first local radio service available to residents of St. Stephen and Charlotte County. It would feature a blend of adult contemporary and country music targeted to listeners between the ages of 25 and 54.
2001
”The Tide” CHTD-FM signed on the air on May 28 with a country format. The station simulcast some programming of co-owned CHWV-FM Saint John.
2003
On January 1, New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. Ltd. and Acadia Broadcasting Co. Ltd. were amalgamated and continued under the name Acadia Broadcasting Ltd.
2005
On June 8 the CRTC approved a corporate reorganization resulting in the transfer of the ownership and effective control of Acadia Broadcasting Limited, licensee of CHSJ-FM and CHWV-FM Saint John (NB), CHTD-FM St. Stephen (NB), and CKBW-FM Bridgewater (NS), from Brunswick News Inc., a corporation indirectly owned and controlled by J.K. Irving, A.L. Irving and John E. Irving (Irving brothers), to 618042 N.B. Inc., a corporation indirectly owned and controlled by John E. Irving.
2006
On May 8, CHTD-FM (The Tide) began broadcasting from new studios at 112 Milltown Boulevard.
2012
The CRTC approved the change in the effective control of Acadia Broadcasting Limited from John E. Irving to a joint control exercised by John K.F. Irving and Anne C.I. Oxley, following the death of John E. Irving in 2010. Acadia was the licensee of radio stations in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario, following the amalgamation of Northwoods Broadcasting Limited with its mother company Acadia on February 3, 2012.
On August 17, the CRTC administratively renewed the licence of CHTD-FM to August 31, 2013.