CHST-FM

CHST-FM

City of license	London, Ontario
Branding	"102.3 Bob FM"
Slogan	"80's 90's and More Whatever than Ever"
Frequency	102.3 MHz (FM)
First air date	2000
Format	adult hits
ERP	5,840 watts
Class	B1
Owner	Rogers Radio
Website	102.3 Bob FM

CHST-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 102.3 FM in London, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand and format Bob FM. BOB FM broadcasts with an average effective radiated power of 5.84 kW from the CFPL-TV tower in Southwest London. Due to the BOB FM's low ERP relative to some London area radio stations, its broadcast signal covers only the Middlesex, Elgin, and Oxford counties.

Approved by the CRTC in 1999, CHST was launched by CHUM Limited in 2000. It originally used the brand STAR 102.3 with a hot adult contemporary format, but was rebranded as Bob FM in July 2003. Bob FM primarily plays adult hits from the 1980s and 1990s, but will occasionally play songs from before and after this time period (hence the "whatever" in the station's slogan).

In 2007, CHST and the other CHUM stations were sold to CTVglobemedia.

On June 21, 2010, CTVglobemedia announced it had entered into an agreement to sell the station to Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. The sale was approved by the CRTC on December 22, 2010.

On February 9, 2011, Rogers Broadcasting announced that the station will retain the adult hits format, but media anaylsts have speculated that Rogers Media will rebrand the station under its national Jack FM network as "102.3 Jack FM" in the near future, since Rogers owns the Canadian rights. However, this is highly unlikely as a format flip is more likely at the station, meaning Corus Entertainment's CKDK-FM now airs the adult hits format for London, Ontario.

External links

• 102.3 Bob FM
• Live Audio
• CHST History at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CHST-FM