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Community radio station in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

BrandingValley Radio

CHEV-FM
Programming
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
Broadcast area	Exploits Valley
Frequency	94.5 MHz
Branding	Valley Radio
Format	Community radio
Ownership
Owner	Exploits Valley Community Radio Inc.
History
Founded	2017 (as an internet station)
First air date	November 2020 (2020-11)
Call sign meaning	Exploits Valley
Technical information
ERP	35 watts
HAAT	73 metres
Links
Website	valleygfw.ca

CHEV-FM is a community radio station that operates on 94.5 MHz in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The station is branded as Valley Radio.

The station originally began as an internet radio station in 2017 as a project to bring local voices back to the Grand Falls-Windsor area, after the CBC^[1] and VOCM^[2] closed the stations in the community.^[3]

On July 29, 2019, Exploits Valley Community Radio Inc. (EVCR) received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a low-power, English-language community FM radio station at 94.5 MHz in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador.^[4]

In November 2020, CHEV-FM signed on the air as Valley Radio.

References

↑ CBC puts central Newfoundland operations under one roof, CBC News, February 27, 2015
↑ Reports indicate VOCM operations closure in Grand Falls-Windsor, SaltWire Network, September 29, 2017
↑ Volunteers bring new station from the web to FM dial in Grand Falls-Windsor, CBC News, August 16, 2019
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-266, Community radio station in Grand Falls-Windsor, CRTC, July 29, 2019

External links

Valley Radio
CHEV-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
CHEV-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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