area greater montreal branding chom 97 7 slogan the spirit of rock frequency 97.7 mhz first air date july 16 1963 as ckgm fm october 19 1971 as chom fm format mainstream rock erp 41 200 watts haat 297.4 meters 976 ft class c1 transmitter coordinates 45 30 20.16 n 73 35 30.12 w 45.5056000 n 73.5917000 w 45.5056000 ; 73.5917000 callsign meaning arbitrary coinage owner bell media bell media radio sister stations cite fm cjad cjfm fm ckgm ckmf fm webcast listen live website www.chom.com chom fm is an english language radio station located in montreal quebec canada . owned and operated by bell media it broadcasts on 97.7 mhz from the mount royal candelabra tower with an effective radiated power of 41 200 watts class c1 using an omnidirectional antenna while its studios are located at the bell media building at 1717 rene levesque boulevard east in montreal . the station has a mainstream rock format since the station started using the brand name chom and is sometimes pronounced o m shoam as if it were a french word but other bell media radio personalities have also pronounced it as t m chom . since 2013 the station has been broadcasting in the p rnu region of estonia on the same frequency . it is not known where this originates from but broadcasts with full rds text including the time in montreal . contents 1 history 1.1 early years 1963 1974 1.2 going bilingual 1974 1977 1.3 rise and fall and chum takeover 1979 2002 1.4 return to their classic rock direction and standard radio takeover 2002 2007 1.5 astral takeover and new direction 2007 2013 1.6 bell media 2 branding history 3 location 4 references 5 external links history edit early years 1963 1974 edit ckgm fm as the station was originally known was founded by geoff stirling as a sister station to am station ckgm and opened on july 16 1963 . after a few weeks as a simulcast of ckgm ckgm fm launched a beautiful music format on september 1 1963 . on october 28 1969 ckgm fm changed its format to album oriented rock . the first song played after the format switch was richard strauss also sprach zarathustra followed by the beatles here comes the sun . 1 the station would change its call sign to chom fm almost two years later on october 19 1971 . 1 going bilingual 1974 1977 edit in 1974 chom fm proposed to the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission a plan in which the station would become bilingual english french . the crtc accepted this plan but only on an experimental basis that would last three years ; it also blocked a plan to implement quadraphonic broadcasting . in 1977 the station was forced by the crtc to opt between the two languages and after considering becoming a french language station it finally reverted to english full time . rise and fall and chum takeover 1979 2002 edit chom fm became increasingly popular and in 1979 surpassed sister station ckgm in bureau of broadcast measurement ratings . both stations were sold to chum limited on august 20 1985 . promotional bumper sticker distributed in the 1990s by chom fm with its 1990s logo an updated version of the 1980s cursive logo . logo facelifts were made in the 1990s until its retirement in 2002 . the station acquired the rights to the syndicated show by howard stern which made its debut on chom fm on september 2 1997 amid much controversy as he launched himself on his very first show heard in montreal in an anti francophone anti french tirade . his show was cancelled a year later on august 27 1998 after numerous complaints to the crtc about politically incorrect remarks interpreted by complainants as sexist and homophobic . return to their classic rock direction and standard radio takeover 2002 2007 edit 2002 2010 effective in january 2002 the station was sold to standard broadcasting which already owned cjad and cjfm fm in montreal in exchange for standard s cfwm fm in winnipeg . astral takeover and new direction 2007 2013 edit ownership changed hands again when on october 29 2007 astral media took control of standard broadcasting and its assets . on october 19 2010 chom fm celebrated its 40th anniversary as a radio station . on june 22 2011 it was announced that terry dimonte will be making a return to the station however it is unlikely that he and ted bird will reunite on air . 2 bell media edit on july 2013 astral media was acquired and dissolved by bell media . 3 chom fm has been reunited with its original am station ckgm which ctvglobemedia now bell media acquired from chum in 2007 . branding history edit 1963 1971 ckgm fm 1971 1980s chom fm montreal with logo having a heart in a circle 1980s chom 98 rock 1990s 2002 chom 97.7 fm 2002 present chom 97 7 even since logo change in 2010 the branding is unchanged from 2002 . location edit when first launched in 1963 chom fm then known as ckgm fm was originally based at 1455 drummond street in montreal along with the am ckgm . like ckgm it moved to 1310 greene avenue in westmount in the late 1960s . in 1972 chom relocated across the street to 1355 greene avenue while ckgm opted to stay at 1310 greene . chom eventually returned to the ckgm building a few years later and remained located there until its acquisition by standard broadcasting in 2002 . at this point chom fm was moved to 1411 fort street in montreal the building that housed standard s other two existing montreal radio stations cjfm fm and cjad . in september 2012 astral media relocated its local english language radio stations including chom fm to its french language radio studios at 1717 ren l vesque boulevard east in montreal . references edit a b http www.marcdenis.com ckgm history.asp http www.montrealgazette.com entertainment radio host terry dimonte returning chom 4988946 story.html crtc approves bell astral merger . cbc . retrieved 5 july 2013 . external links edit official website chom fm history canadian communications foundation query the rec s canadian station database for chom fm chom 97.7 on findradio v t e radio stations in montreal and surrounding area montreal am ckgm 690 ckac 730 cjad 800 chrf 980 cfmb 1280 cjwi 1410 chou 1450 chrn 1610 cjrs 1650 cjlo 1690 defunct cinf 690 cinw 940 cjms 1280 chlp 1410 cko cfox 1470 cklm 1570 montreal fm chdo 88.1 cbme 88.5 cism 89.3 ckut 90.3 chil 90.7 cira 91.3 cklx 91.9 ckbe 92.5 cbm 93.5 ckmf 94.3 cbf 95.1 cjfm 95.9 ckoi 96.9 chom 97.7 cjpx 99.5 ckvl 100.1 cbfx 100.7 cibl 101.5 cbmg 101.9 cinq 102.3 cilo 102.9 chou 1 104.5 cbme 1 104.7 ckdg 105.1 ckin 106.3 cite 107.3 defunct cftl 96.7 pirate cjrm fm 98.5 ckav 10 106.7 adjacent communities acton vale cfid 103.7 akwesasne ckon 97.3 ch teauguay candiac chai 101.9 granby cfxm 104.9 hudson saint lazare chsv 106.7 joliette cjlm 103.5 kahnawake ckki 89.9 ckrk 103.7 laval cjlv 1570 cfgl 105.7 longueuil chmp 98.5 chaa 103.3 saint constant cjms 1040 saint hyacinthe cfei 106.5 saint jean sur richelieu cfzz 104.1 salaberry de valleyfield ckod 103.1 sorel tracy cjso 101.7 vaudreuil dorion cjvd 100.1 defunct chef 1450 granby specialty 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