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November 21, 2025 7:29 pm  #1


Iheart the hollidays on both 99.9 HD4 and Chum's hd 2 subchannel?

Does any other person also knotis this?
What do you guess bell will do with 104.5 hd 2 and 99.9 hd4 in the newyear?
Are the moving pure country to chum's hd 2 and launching a new format?
Or they going to launch a new format on 104.5 hd 2 or put made in canada radio there?
What are your guesses?
I want to start a huge conversation about this.

 

November 21, 2025 8:08 pm  #2


Re: Iheart the hollidays on both 99.9 HD4 and Chum's hd 2 subchannel?

The Pure Country and iHeart holidays HD channels exist only so they don't have to pay royalties for their streams on the iHeart app.

 

November 21, 2025 8:18 pm  #3


Re: Iheart the hollidays on both 99.9 HD4 and Chum's hd 2 subchannel?

Maybe in the new year they will replace them with useful self-help podcasts on how to pay for all that Christmas cheer.

 

November 22, 2025 8:14 pm  #4


Re: Iheart the hollidays on both 99.9 HD4 and Chum's hd 2 subchannel?

Here are my predictions.
1.
They put made in canada radio on chum's HD2.
2.
they bring the funny format back.
3.
they launch an all 90s and 00s throughbacks format.
4.
they lauch a format called pure country classics.

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November 22, 2025 10:09 pm  #5


Re: Iheart the hollidays on both 99.9 HD4 and Chum's hd 2 subchannel?

RadioAaron wrote:

The Pure Country and iHeart holidays HD channels exist only so they don't have to pay royalties for their streams on the iHeart app.

I suppose? But why put the same channel on both stations? They could make another 3 royalty free but don't... oh bell...

 

November 23, 2025 11:42 am  #6


Re: Iheart the hollidays on both 99.9 HD4 and Chum's hd 2 subchannel?

torontostan wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

The Pure Country and iHeart holidays HD channels exist only so they don't have to pay royalties for their streams on the iHeart app.

I suppose? But why put the same channel on both stations? They could make another 3 royalty free but don't... oh bell...

Might as well have a few CHUM listeners find it rather than going to CHFI. It's spitting into the wind, but why not?

 

November 24, 2025 3:37 pm  #7


Re: Iheart the hollidays on both 99.9 HD4 and Chum's hd 2 subchannel?

If bell does pure country classics right, it would have songs from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.

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