CHRY-FM

CHRY-FM

City	Toronto, Ontario
Branding	VIBE 1055
Slogan	Your Main Source
Frequency	105.5 MHz (FM)
First air date	June 1, 1986
Format	Urban hip hop/R&B
ERP	158 W
Callsign meaning	C H Radio York
Owner	Board of Directors of CHRY Community Radio, Inc.
Website	www.vibe1055.com

CHRY-FM branded as VIBE 105.5 is a Canadian radio station. It is the campus radio station of York University, broadcasting over FM on 105.5 MHz in Toronto, Ontario and has also served as a community radio station for the residents of the Jane and Finch corridor in North Toronto. CHRY's studios are located at York University's Student Centre, while its transmitter is located on top of the Vanier College residence building.

History

CHRY was originally founded as a closed-circuit cable radio service, called Radio York, in 1965, and was located on the top floor of Vanier College and served campus residences and the cafeteria located at Central Square. On June 1, 1986, upon successful application to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a broadcasting licence, began to broadcast as CHRY at 50W, with a transmitting antenna located on the top of Vanier College's residence building. As well, on this day, it became incorporated as CHRY Community Radio, Inc.

In 1997, it moved from its old Vanier College studios to the fourth floor of York University's Student Centre, where it is today. This move was financed by a $40,000 loan from the undergraduate student association, which was forgiven four years later.

former CHRY FM logo

A limitation to CHRY was that its licence was Class B, which effectively meant that it was "unprotected" legally from claims of signal interference, effectively requiring it to cease operations if another broadcasting interest was affected in some way by CHRY's operation. However, in 2006, the CRTC accepted CHRY's application to reclassify its licence from "Class B" to "Class A", thus effecting "protected status" for the radio station.

CHRY serves the north western part of Toronto. Prior to its relaunch in 2015, more than one-third of its schedule is devoted to the music and culture of the Caribbean. It employs two full-time staff, several other part-time staff, and is supported by the work of over one hundred volunteers from both York's student body and the surrounding community.

On May 1, 2015, CHRY cancelled all of its existing programs, dismissed all of its volunteers and rebranded itself as "VIBE 105", adopting an "urban alternative" format which it describes as "a diverse and metropolitan blend of Cultural, Electronic and Remix programming" which includes Electronic, Remix, Reggae, Soca, Afrobeat, Hip Hop and R&B. The station will also air talk programming. Volunteers are to be in supportive roles while on air talent will be professionalized in a departure from the station's long time commitment to community radio.^[1]

The dismissed programmers have been organizing community meetings and campaigning under the name #SAVECHRY in an effort to overturn the station's decision.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In 2016, the station applied for a license to add a nested FM repeater on 105.3 (with an average power of 92 watts, maximum of 155), with a transmitter located at 100 Wingarden Court in Scarborough (co-located with CJRK-FM).^[5]

Financial support

CHRY is supported in part by student levy (contributions via the York University Graduate Students Association and York Federation of Students (YFS)), through occasional grants for which the station is eligible due to its charitable status, by York University through occasional workstudy grants, and by its listenership through pledges. The rest of its funding is from advertising revenue.

References

↑ http://74.213.160.39/about-us/backgrounder-2/
↑ "CHRY shocks volunteers with mass dismissal and transformation". AUX. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
↑ "Static continues over CHRY format change". The Caribbean Camera. June 5, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
↑ "T.O. MUSIC NOTES: #SAVECHRY: CHRY's surprise rebrand receives some push back.". NOW Magazine. June 9, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
↑ https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201607962

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Radio stations in the Greater Toronto Area

Toronto AM	CJCL 590 CFTR 680 CFZM 740 CJBC 860 CFRB 1010 CHUM 1050 CJRU 1280 CHKT 1430 CHIN 1540 CHHA 1610 CHTO 1690 Defunct: CHEV 1610

Toronto FM	CIND 88.1 CIRV 88.9 CIUT 89.5 CJBC 90.3 CJRT 91.1 CHIN-1 91.9 CKIS 92.5 CFXJ 93.5 CBL 94.1 CJKX-2 95.9 CFMZ 96.3 CFZM-1 96.7 CKHC 96.9 CHBM 97.3 CHFI 98.1 CKFG 98.7 CBLA 99.1 CKFM 99.9 CHIN 100.7 CJSA 101.3 CJRK 102.7 CIRR 103.9 CHUM 104.5 CHOQ 105.1 CHRY 105.5 CILQ 107.1 Defunct: CKLN 88.1 CKRG 89.9¹ CKO-FM-2 99.1 CJVF 102.7 CKAV 106.5

Peel Region	Brampton CIAO 530 NEW 1350 CFNY 102.1 Caledon CFGM 102.7 CJFB 105.5 Mississauga CKNT 960 CJMR 1320 CINA 1650 CKC455/CFRE 91.9 Defunct: CFBN 1280

Durham Region	Ajax CJKX 95.9 Oshawa CKDO 1580/107.7 CKGE 94.9

York Region	Georgina Island CFGI 92.3 Richmond Hill CFMJ 640 Markham CHEV 1610¹ CFMS 105.9 Newmarket CKDX 88.5 CHOP 102.7 Stouffville CIWS 102.9 Uxbridge CIUX 105.5 Vaughan CFU758 90.7

Halton Region	Oakville CJYE 1250

Dufferin County	Orangeville CKMO 101.5 CIDC 103.5 Shelburne CFDC 104.9

Shortwave	CFRX 6.07 MHz

Specialty	HMWN Radio Maria Sur Sagar Radio Radio Humsafar

HD Digital radio	92.5-1 92.5-2 92.5-3 101.3-1 101.3-2 101.3-3 101.3-4 105.9-1 105.9-2 105.9-3 105.9-4

Internet radio	Afterhours.FM CHEV Radio Radio Glendon Radio Regent

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Coordinates: 43°46′32″N 79°30′10″W / 43.77556°N 79.50278°W / 43.77556; -79.50278

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