Evanov Communications

In 2006, as part of the consortium Rainbow Media Group, Evanov received a license for CIRR-FM, an LGBT community radio station in Toronto.

Evanov filed a request with the CRTC in July 2013 to sign on CHRF instead on 980 kHz and to delay start-up until 2014, due to forecasted reception problems with the 990 signal.

[8] In May 2011, Newcap Radio announced that it was selling its two stations in Winnipeg, CKJS and CHNK-FM, to Evanov;[9] the sale was approved on October 24, 2011.

[15] On April 10, 2012, Evanov announced that Dufferin applied with the CRTC to establish a new adult contemporary station in Clarence-Rockland, Ontario.

[17] On July 12, 2013, Evanov announced that Dufferin applied with the CRTC to establish a new adult contemporary station in Meaford, Ontario, at 99.3 MHz.

[24] In August 2023, Evanov began shutting down stations, in all cases citing increased competition, changing listener habits, and economic conditions brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic.

[27] Their closure was averted on September 19, when Evanov announced that it had reached eleventh-hour agreements to sell all three stations: CHRC and CKHK will be sold to Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria—a cooperative that operates CHOD-FM 92.1 Go FM in Cornwall.

Evanov then announced on September 23 that CJWL would be sold to Torres Media Group, making it a sister to CIDG-FM.

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