CHYM-FM

CHYM-FM logo until 2011

For the history of the 96.7 FM frequency in Kitchener from 1949 to 1993, see CKGL.

The station was originally launched in 1929 as AM 645 CKCR. The station's frequency moved to 1510 in 1934. In 1949, FM sister station CKCR-FM was launched.

In 1965, the stations were acquired by Great Lakes Broadcasting, a consortium that included Maclean-Hunter. Both stations changed their callsigns to CHYM (pronounced as "chime") that year. In 1972, the FM outlet's callsign was changed again, to CKGL (evidently for 'Kitchener, Great Lakes').

In 1982, Maclean-Hunter took over full ownership of the stations.

The CHYM and CKGL intellectual units (call signs, branding, and programming, but not the licences themselves) swapped frequencies in 1992, with CHYM moving to the FM band. (CRTC approval was required, but only as a format swap between the existing stations at 570 and 96.7 as required under the regulations at the time, not a formal exchange of frequencies.)[1] The stations became part of Rogers in 1994 when that company acquired Maclean-Hunter.

In the summer 2016, Rogers relocated the studios of CHYM, CIKZ and CKGL to "The Boardwalk" near Ira Needles Boulevard and University Avenue.[2] Prior to the move, their old studios were located at 350 King Street West in Downtown Kitchener.

The current lineup is as follows:[3]

• Brady & Tara: Weekdays 5 to 9am
• Michelle Butterly: Weekdays 9am to 1pm (also on CHFI-FM Weekdays 9am to 2pm)
• Adele: Weekdays 2 to 7pm
• Hilary: Weeknights 7 to 9pm
• John Tesh Radio Show: Weeknights 9pm to 12am (with Radio syndication)
• Will Nash: Saturday 8am to 2pm and Sunday 6 to 10pm
• CHYM Classics: Saturday 6pm to 12am
• Mark Paine: Sunday 5 to 10am
• Cathy Wegner: Sunday 2 to 6pm

Former programming:

• Delilah Show: The show was dropped from the station after Christmas Day in 2006 .

• CHYM 96.7
• CHYM-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC Canadian station database for CHYM-FM