please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article possibly contains original research . please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . statements consisting only of original research should be removed . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message chay fm city barrie ontario broadcast area central ontario branding 93.1 fresh radio slogan today s best mix 1 frequency 93.1 mhz fm first air date may 21 1977 format hot adult contemporary erp 100 000 watts haat 303.5 meters 996 ft class c1 callsign meaning chay is a huron greeting loosely translated to good day . owner corus entertainment corus radio company sister stations ciqb fm webcast listen live website 931freshradio . ca chay fm is a canadian radio station in barrie ontario broadcasting at 93.1 fm . the station airs a hot adult contemporary format using its on air brand name as 93.1 fresh radio . the station is owned by corus entertainment which also owns sister station ciqb fm as well as other corus radio stations across canada . history edit chay fm signed on the air originally with a hybrid easy listening beautiful music format on may 21 1977 but changed to more of an adult contemporary format the following decade with the decline of beautiful music on fm radio . the station was initially broadcast from a 1 000 foot tower just south of barrie that it had shared with local television station ckvr tv . on september 27 of that year a small plane crashed into the tower destroying the building and killing everyone on board . toronto station chin fm assisted chay in temporarily restoring its signal until the tower was replaced one year later . in 1989 chay fm moved from a traditional easy listening format to more of a mainstream adult contemporary format . throughout the transition period the station continued to attract an audience of a quarter million listeners per week . on october 15 2000 chay fm flipped from adult contemporary to a hot adult contemporary chr format as energy 93.1 simulcasting some programming from its sister station cing fm in burlington ontario . in 2003 the station returned to its adult contemporary format as the new chay 93.1 fm . in 2008 the station was rebranded to fm93 barrie s fresh music mix but kept the same adult contemporary format . on march 11 2011 the station flipped to an adult hits format as chay today 93.1 fm ; by summer 2014 the station moved back to an upbeat mainstream adult contemporary format . on may 15 2015 chay fm re branded under corus fresh radio brand as 93.1 fresh radio with a hot adult contemporary format . after the station s rebranding chay fm became the eighth corus radio station to adopt the fresh radio branding . 2 3 references edit http www.931freshradio.ca fresh start for chay . radio insight . retrieved 16 may 2015 . http formatchange.com chay becomes fresh radio 93 1 external links edit official website history on chay 93.1 fm canadian communications foundation query the rec s canadian station database for chay fm v t e barrie history barrie jail live 8 robert barrie 1985 tornado politics jeff lehman mayor ann hoggarth olp mpp barrie city council education barrie public library georgian college simcoe county school board catholic school board culture uptown theater maclaren art centre kempenfest barrie film festival media barrie advance barrie examiner ctv two rogers tv chay rock 95 life 100.3 big fm kool fm sports barrie baycats barrie colts barrie lakeshores barrie sports complex barrie speedway economy bayfield mall chamber of commerce georgian mall kozlov centre park place list of municipalities in ontario v t e radio stations in simcoe county barrie chay 93.1 cfjb 95.7 cjlf 100.3 ciqb 101.1 ckmb 107.5 innisfil vf2561 96.9 collingwood ckcb 95.1 cfmo 102.9 midland penetanguishene cfrh 88.1 cbcm 89.7 cjbc 3 96.5 cicz 104.1 new tecumseth cima 92.1 cfao 94.7 defunct orillia ciso 89.1 cbl 3 90.7 cbco 91.5 cioa 98.5 cicx 105.9 wasaga beach chgb 97.7 creemore ckaw 90.1 ontario radio markets cornwall & eastern ontario hamilton niagara kenora district first nations radio kingston brockville kitchener waterloo london midwestern ontario north bay ottawa parry sound muskoka haliburton pembroke ottawa valley peterborough quinte belleville trenton rainy river simcoe county barrie orillia sault ste. marie sudbury thunder bay timiskaming timmins toronto windsor chatham sarnia see also list of radio stations in ontario v t e corus entertainment broadcast television global o & o cfre cfsk chan chbc chnb cict cihf ciii cisa citv ckmi cknd ctv chex chex tv 2 ckws cable television specialty channels english language abc spark action bbc canada cartoon network adult swim cmt cosmopolitan tv crime & investigation dejaview disney channel disney junior disney xd diy network double helix dtour food network fyi global news bc 1 hgtv history h2 ifc lifetime movietime national geographic channel nat geo wild nickelodeon oprah winfrey network showcase slice sundance channel teletoon the edge treehouse w movies w network ytv corus m dia french language disney la cha ne historia s ries t l toon vrak telelatino network 50.5 % euroworld sport mediaset italia sky tg24 telebimbi telelatino teleni os univision canada terrestrial radio by call sign am cfmj cfpl ched chmj chml chqr chqt cjob cjoy cknw fm cfgq cfhk cflg cfmi cfmk cfny cfox cfpl chay cilq cimj cing ciqb cisn cjdv cjgv cjkr cjot cjss cjxy ckbt ckcb ckdk ckng ckqb ckru ckry ckwf ckws other assets kids can press nelvana toon boom animation defunct historical brands and predecessors discovery kids dusk edge tv kidsco encore avenue leonardo world movie central teletoon retro t l toon r tro video italia shaw media alliance atlantis canwest chca tv cooltv dusk e tv system fine living fox sports world canada selkirk communications x treme sports western international communications some of the assets listed above are majority owned wholly owned by corus entertainment or are under license . refer to full asset list for detailed information . coordinates 44 26 10 n 79 43 47 w 44.4361 n 79.7298 w 44.4361 ; 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