CHOM-FM: Difference between revisions

sister_stations = [[CFCFCITE-DTFM]], [[CJAD]], [[CJFM-FM]], [[CKGM]], [[CKMF]]||

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]]".<ref>http://www.marcdenis.com/ckgm-history.asp</ref> The station would change its [[call sign]] to CHOM-FM almost two years later, on October 19, 1971.<ref>http://www.marcdenis.com/ckgm-history.asp</ref> It moved from 1310 Greene to 1355 Greene in [[Westmount]] forduring athe few1970s, yearswhere it was located right across the street from sister CKGM, before eventually returning to that station's building at 1310 Greene.

The 1993 loss of popular morning man [[Terry DiMonte]] to [[CJFM-FM|Mix 96]], combined with new competition from American [[modern rock]] station [[WBTZ|99.9 The Buzz]] in 1996, resulted in a decline in ratings whichacquired the station tried to stop by acquiring rights to the syndicated show of [[shock jock]]by [[Howard Stern]] as well as a move away from the [[classic rock]] direction they had tried in the early 90s. Sternwhich made hisits 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 dumpedcancelled a year later, on August 27, 1998, after numerous complaints to the CRTC about [[political correctness|politically incorrect]] remarks interpreted by complainants as [[sexism|sexist]] and [[homophobia|homophobic]], despite the fact that the show ran on a [[broadcast delay|tape delay]] with more controversial comments being censored, which sometimes resulted in minutes of dead air. While the CRTC did not take any actions against CHOM-FM, it is generally believed that owner CHUM Limited feared other projects could be hampered by them having such a controversial host on one of their stations. During Stern's departure, CHOM 97.7 FM brought in Steven Anthony & Andrew Carter (now with sister station [[CJAD]] for mornings since 2002) to their morning show when CHOM 97.7 FM moved towards an [[adult album alternative]] direction in 1998.

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]]. As a result, =CHOM-FM moved from [[Westmount]] to 1411 Fort Street in [[downtown Montreal]]. This ownership change was promptly followed in February by a direction change from [[adult album alternative]] to [[classic rock]], although it primarily stayed [[mainstream rock]] and the return of DiMonte as morning man, which resulted in ratings improvements.

===Astral takeover and new direction (2007-present2013)===