CHBE-FM

The station received approval in October 1999.^[3] It originally launched in 26 May 2000 as CFEX, a modern rock station branded as Extreme 107.3. The first song they played was Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down. It was owned by Seacoast Communications, which also owned CFAX in the city. On 16 August, 2002, at 1:07 p.m., it changed to adult hits as B107.3.^{[citation needed]}

CFAX and CHBE were acquired by CHUM Limited in November 2004. On the 19th of that month, CHBE began playing all Christmas music. At Midnight on 26 December, CHBE changed to hot AC as 107.3 Kool FM, bringing back the format since CHTT-FM flipped to adult hits in January that year. Kool's first song was The Black Eyed Peas' Let's Get It Started.

CHUM Ltd., in turn, was purchased on 22 June, 2007 by CTVglobemedia, which now owns CFAX, CHBE and CIVI-TV in Victoria. Months later, CTVglobemedia would acquire CFBT-FM in Vancouver, with CHBE shifting to Top 40/CHR. The shift to top 40 proved unsuccessful, and around August 2010, songs from the 1980s and 1990s were phased back in the playlist, bringing the station back to hot AC.

The station placed 3rd in the Spring 2012 BBM Ratings for Victoria.^[4]

In its final rating survey as "Kool", the radio station placed 6th for the fall 2018 Numeris Diary Survey for Victoria.^[5]

On 8 February 2019, the station re-branded as 107.3 Virgin Radio. The last song played on "Kool" was "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande, while the first song on "Virgin" was "High Hopes" by Panic! At the Disco.

• 107.3 Virgin Radio
• CHBE-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CHBE-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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