CHAS-FM
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| City | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
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| Branding | Kiss 100.5 |
| Slogan | Today's Best Music |
| Frequency | 100.5 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1964 |
| Format | hot AC/Adult Top 40 |
| ERP | 13.9 kWs |
| HAAT | 125 meters (410 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Former callsigns | CJIC-FM (until 1977) |
| Owner |
Rogers Media, a division of Rogers Communications (Rogers Radio) |
| Sister stations | CJQM-FM, CIRS, CHUR-FM |
| Webcast | For Windows |
| Website | KissSoo.com |
CHAS-FM is a radio station licensed to and serving Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Owned and operated by Rogers Media, the station broadcasts an Adult top 40 format branded as Kiss 100.5.
The station was originally launched by Highland Broadcasting on May 15, 1964 as CJIC-FM, a sister station to CJIC and CJIC-TV. In 1976, the stations briefly became the property of Huron Broadcasting, retained the television station but sold the radio stations to Gilder Broadcasting under concentration of media ownership rules. With the TV and radio stations no longer having common ownership, the radio stations adopted the new callsigns and signed on as CFYN (for the AM station) and CHAS on February 1, 1977.
The original on air schedule of CHAS included Berg Neuman from 6:00 - 10:00 a.m., CBC Radio's Morningside from 10:00 a.m. - noon, Brian W. Martin from noon - 2:00 p.m., Fred Edwards from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m., Tony Marziale from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m., CBC Radio's The World at Ten and Mostly Music from 10:00 p.m. - midnight and "The Incredible Rod Wayne" from midnight - 6:00 a.m. The station dropped its CBC programming after CBSM was launched in 1981.
In 1985, CFYN and CHAS were sold to Telemedia. Telemedia refined the "Beautiful Music" format of CHAS, incorporating elements of the "Music of Your Life" format to create a hybrid that was targeted mainly at the 45 plus listener.
As the influence of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan's WYSS attracted more of the Sault, Ontario audience, pressure to follow suit grew. CHAS evolved to a younger sound, moving the format from beautiful music to adult-contemporary and adopting "Lite 100.5" as the station's branding, later changing to "Mix 100."
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