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CHOZ-FM
CHOZ-FM is a Canadian radio station based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Its main St. John's transmitter broadcasts at 94.7 MHz, with additional transmitters located throughout the island. The station, known as "OZFM", is one of the various media properties of the Stirling family; this includes local television station CJON-DT.
History.
CHOZ-FM launched on June 15, 1977 at 93.9 FM, soon after Geoff Stirling sold his interest in what is now CJYQ
-hosted the OZFM Rush with Lethbridge and Campbell throughout 2017 and early 2018. As of February 2018, O'Brien is back on CHOZ-FM.
Controversy.
In January 2011, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council admonished CHOZ-FM for playing the unedited version of Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing", following a complaint from a listener that stated that the song contained the word "faggot", a slur for a homosexual person. Even though the song has won numerous awards and has been played countless times on