CHBO-FM

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CHBO-FM
Broadcast area Humboldt
Frequency 107.5 MHz (FM)
Branding107.5 Bolt FM
Programming
Format Hot adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner Golden West Broadcasting
History
First air date
October 12, 2011
Call sign meaning
Canada HumBOldt (broadcast area)
Technical information
Class C1
ERP vertical polarization:
61 kWs average
100 kWs peak
horizontal polarization:
59 kWs average
97 kWs peak
HAAT 170.2 meters (558 ft)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website discoverhumboldt.com/bolt

CHBO-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 107.5 FM in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, with a hot adult contemporary format branded as 107.5 Bolt FM. The station is owned by Golden West Broadcasting.

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History

The station received CRTC approval on January 25, 2011, [1] and was officially launched on October 12, 2011. [2]

On April 6, 2018, CHBO's Humboldt Broncos broadcaster Tyler Bieber, and board-op/statistician Brody Hinz were two of sixteen who died in a team bus crash near Armley. [3]

References

  1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-41, Licensing of a new radio station in Humboldt, CRTC, January 25, 2011.
    - Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Humboldt's First Radio Station Launches Wednesday Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine , discoverhumboldt.com, October 12, 2011.
  3. "Humboldt Broncos bus crash: 10 players, driver, 2 coaches, volunteer, broadcaster confirmed dead". Saskatoon StarPhoenix. April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
    - "Sixteenth Humboldt Broncos collision victim has died". CTV News. April 11, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2019.

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