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CHMT-FM
CHMT-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 93.1 FM in Timmins, Ontario. The station broadcasts a classic hits format branded as Moose FM. The station was previously owned by Haliburton Broadcasting Group before being sold to Vista Radio.
The Haliburton Broadcasting Group was licensed by the CRTC in February 2001 to open up a new English-language commercial FM radio station in Timmins Ontario.
The station originally launched in 2001 as an adult contemporary station branded as Mix 93. Some current hot adult
contemporary/contemporary hit radio singles were dayparted into the evening and overnight periods. However, around the same time as CHMT's launch in 2001, Telemedia moved the competing CKGB to FM as well as flipping that station's format from country to adult contemporary.
CHMT briefly responded by playing at least one country song an hour; eventually, amid competition between the two stations for audience share and advertising revenue, CHMT adopted the Moose FM branding and a country music format in 2002.
In 2005, Haliburton Broadcasting group received