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105.9 CFMS is now radio y.
Hello and happy Canada day!
Just tuned into the region to hear what they are up to.
And I think there's a format change that happened.
I just heard south-asian programming and bollywood music.
The anouncer said in english radio y 24/7 which means they are not just broakering half the day.
Did they sell with out crtc aprouval?
Or are they just broakering?
The music sounds nice and they speak a mix of hindi and english so I understud some of what the 2 femail hosts were saying.
- RadioActive
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They have always done some ethnic programming. It's what keeps them financially alive (albeit apparently on life support.) "Radio Y" may be what the group buying airtime call themselves.
I think the Region is still around, although they only have two live hosts - morning and afternoon drive. Their website remains up and it continues to update headlines (with July 1 as the publication date.) So it would appear the place is cut to the bone, but still very much there.
The Region website
- RadioAaron
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It's definitely a format change:
The Y-Media group seems like it has existed for a while, so it may well be that the station is entirely brokered.
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- Muffaraw Joe
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Smart move, 105.9 The Region, looked like they sold the station. If it isn't making money, sell while you can.
I have no idea what announcers are on Y Radio?
Also, the name and dial location is extremely close to York University's CHRY-105.5
I am wondering if CHRY will ask for a name change from Y-media.
The world would be so good if it weren't for some people...
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It's one of those rare instances where they're actually paying for a phone line where you can listen over your device, instead of streaming (647-910-5000). I wonder if anyone actually uses that.
CIRF (1350 AM) in Brampton also has a "listen over the phone" option as well. (647-564-1350)
- Radiowiz
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This is confusing now.
There's Y105.9 online:
But then there's still the original Region 105.9, with 5 choices to listen to
(Region 105.9 being the first choice)
on the top right corner of their original website: (click listen live, then select one of the 5 choices)
What does one actually get when tuning into 105.9 FM on the radio dial?
- Evuguy
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Something looks to be up. For the last hour (9-10pm) they have instrumental music looping. It's not parallel to Y's webstream, either. I can't get an RDS lock so they may have their encoder disabled. I'm not in their main east-west signal contour so I don't get the best reception as they have to protect CHRE to the south as CFMS operates with HD.
- DOPEfm
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Muffaraw Joe wrote:
I am wondering if CHRY will ask for a name change from Y-media.
Wow, I can't believe you pulled that page up/exists... took me back in time...
CHRY has long ago branded to Vibe 105 and gone completely urban with professional approach -
(I really do miss the good old days when they had a full schedule and truly engaging programming back in the 90's to 10's, Twas a volunteer in mid 90's with news at noon and 5pm, I can't believe 35 years ago I was there)
As for the subject thread for 105.9, I wonder if the brokered deal changed to allow Y Radio in the day parts perhaps? (It seems there are a lot of ethnic stations as it stands now, I guess competition could be good, or is it overwhelming, I wonder this?)
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As of 7pm, still looping the same instrumental music from last night. I did hear some ethnic programming earlier in the day.