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CHTD-FM

CHTD-FM
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City St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada
Branding The Tide 98.1
Slogan Today's Best Country!
Frequency 98.1 MHz (FM)
First air date May 28, 2001
Format Country
Callsign meaning C H TiDe
Owner Acadia Broadcasting
Website www.thetide.ca

CHTD-FM is a radio station broadcasting at 98.1 FM in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. The station plays a country music format and is branded on-air as 98.1 The Tide. The station is owned by Acadia Broadcasting.

The station has been broadcasting since May 28, 2001.

The Tide's Morning Show, Weekdays with Mark Downey(6am-12pm)

The Afternoon Show/Cruising Home Show, Weekdays with Jessi Smith (12pm-7pm)

The Weekend Show, Saturdays with the PT Announcers (7am-2pm)

Casey Clarke Country Countdown (Saturdays 2-6pm, Sundays 11-3pm)

The Weekend Jamboree with Mark Downey (Saturdays 6-9pm)

Mark Downey

Jessi Smith

Cory Morrow

Kyle Moore

Sarah Legacy

Perry White

Kim Levesque

Allan Scott

Tracy Hanson

Brittany Gullison

Aaron Cosgrove

Johnny Barker

Shawn Richard

John Higgins

Blair Hamilton

Jonathan Berriault

Reverse Trivia

The Big Kiss Contest

Mother Daughter Look Alike Contest

The Tide's Haunted House

Win & Wed By The Sea

Various opportunities to win tickets for other draws, shows, etc.

2000

On August 24, New Brunswick Broadcasting Co.Ltd. was awarded a licence for a new FM station at St. Stephen. It would broadcast on a frequency of 98.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 40,000 watts. The new station would provide the first local radio service available to residents of St. Stephen and Charlotte County. It would feature a blend of adult contemporary and country music targeted to listeners between the ages of 25 and 54.

2001

”The Tide” CHTD-FM signed on the air on May 28 with a country format. The station simulcast some programming of co-owned CHWV-FM Saint John.

2003

On January 1, New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. Ltd. and Acadia Broadcasting Co. Ltd. were amalgamated and continued under the name Acadia Broadcasting Ltd.

2005

On June 8 the CRTC approved a corporate reorganization resulting in the transfer of the ownership and effective control of Acadia Broadcasting Limited, licensee of CHSJ-FM and CHWV-FM Saint John (NB), CHTD-FM St. Stephen (NB), and CKBW-FM Bridgewater (NS), from Brunswick News Inc., a corporation indirectly owned and controlled by J.K. Irving, A.L. Irving and John E. Irving (Irving brothers), to 618042 N.B. Inc., a corporation indirectly owned and controlled by John E. Irving.


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