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VOCM-FM
VOCM-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.5 MHz from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is owned by Stingray Digital Group Inc. Presently the station is branded as "97.5 K-Rock" and broadcasts a classic rock format, although some recent rock songs have lately become part of the mix. Originally launched in September 1982, it was called "VO Stereo" and later as "97.5 VOFM" and in the mid-1990s as "Magic 97".
After a limited success
The other station, VOCM-FM, adopted the callsign in 1981 because of its ownership association with VOCM. With the exception of VOCM-FM, radio stations licensed in Newfoundland after 1949 use the same "CF"-"CK" range as other Canadian stations.
The future of "VO" callsigns in Canada is unknown. It would not be at all unusual for Industry Canada to simplify all callsigns used in Canada as part of the ongoing modernization and simplification of domestic telecom regulations.
There is no clear rule for the call