CHQM-FM
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| City | Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Broadcast area | Metro Vancouver |
| Branding | 103.5 QMFM |
| Slogan | Today's Best Variety |
| Frequency | 103.5 MHz (FM) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | August 10, 1960 |
| Format | Analog/HD1: Adult contemporary Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.) HD2: Sports (CKST simulcast) HD3: Sports (CFTE simulcast) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 617.6 metres |
| Class | C |
| Transmitter coordinates | 49°21′15″N 122°57′30″W / 49.354252°N 122.958308°WCoordinates: 49°21′15″N 122°57′30″W / 49.354252°N 122.958308°W |
| Callsign meaning | Canada's Highest Quality Music |
| Owner |
Bell Media (Bell Media British Columbia Radio Partnership) |
| Sister stations | Radio: CKST, CFTE, CFBT-FM, Television: CIVT-DT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | qmfm.com |
CHQM-FM (identified on air and in print as 103.5 QMFM) is a Canadian radio station in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia. It broadcasts at 103.5 megahertz on the FM band with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts from a transmitter on Mount Seymour and airs a younger-targeting adult contemporary format. It is western Canada's oldest and one of the most-listened-to commercial FM stations in Vancouver along with sister station CFBT-FM. It is owned by Bell Media. CHQM's studios are located at 969 Robson Street in Downtown Vancouver.
CHQM is now the largest adult contemporary station in Canada not locally owned, having overtaken from Montreal's CFQR-FM in February 2011 after that station switched ownership from Toronto's Corus Entertainment to Montreal's Cogeco.
CHQM-FM is currently the most-listened-to radio station in Vancouver with a 12.4% share, according to BBM's Winter report.
The station is carried on Shaw Direct channel 509, and also carried on Telus Optik TV channel 3719.
CHQM-FM signed on the air on August 10, 1960 with a mainly instrumental easy listening format, several months after its original AM sister station, CHQM 1320 (whose programming CHQM-FM mainly simulcast), first went on-air on December 7, 1959. The original owner of CHQM-AM and -FM was Vancouver Broadcast Associates Ltd., headed by Bill Bellman and Jack Stark, with the stations' studios and offices then located on 1134 Burrard Street.
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