CKAR-FM

CKAR-FM, is a community radio station which is operating as Hunters Bay Radio (The Bay) at 88.7 MHz (FM) in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the District Municipality of Muskoka.

CKAR-FM

City	Huntsville, Ontario
Branding	The Bay Muskoka
Frequency	88.7 MHz
First air date	2014
ERP	5.7 kilowatts horizontal polarization only
HAAT	182.1 meters (597 ft)
Class	B
Owner	Hunter's Bay Radio, Inc.
Website	muskokaradio.com

The Bay was originally created as an online internet radio station, Hunters Bay Radio received approval by the CRTC on November 21, 2013 to operate a terrestrial radio station at 88.7 MHz, with an average effective radiated power of 5,700 watts (non directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 182.1 metres).[1] The station would eventually be issued its call sign, CKAR-FM.

Hunters Bay Radio transitioned to FM on May 18, 2014. In 2017 The Bay added studios in Gravenhurst, Ontario at the Sawdust City Brewery and broadcast live from time to time, with Gravenhurst focused talk shows provided volunteers. Plans for studios in Bracebridge and Dorset are in the works. On August 15, 2018, Hunters Bay Radio Inc. submitted an application to operate a new FM transmitter at Bracebridge. The new transmitter in Bracebridge would operate at 104.7 MHz with 18,000 watts.[2] The CRTC denied Hunters Bay Radio Inc.'s application to operate a new FM transmitter at Bracebridge on February 5, 2019.[3]

The CKAR call sign was used for a number of years at another station in Huntsville, known today as CFBK-FM; and was also used at present-day CKDO in Oshawa, Ontario.