CHSU-FM

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CHSU-FM
City of license	Kelowna, British Columbia
Branding	99.9 Sun FM
Slogan	Today's Best Music
Frequency	99.9 MHz (FM)
First air date	1997
Format	hot adult contemporary
ERP	11 kW
Callsign meaning	C H S U N FM
Owner	Astral Media
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	99.9 Sun FM

CHSU-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 99.9 FM in Kelowna, British Columbia. The station, owned by Astral Media, broadcasts a hot adult contemporary / CHR format branded as 99.9 Sun FM.

Current on-air talent include "Tarzan" Dan Freeman, Susan Knight, Sonia Sidhu, Ara Andonian and Bri Cook. April Lyn, Dan O'Hara, Breanne Cancade and Doc Roberts do part time announcing on weekends.

Syndicated programming includes the American Top 40 countdown and the Canadian Top 20 countdown.

[edit] History

CHSU traces its origins to 1995 when the CRTC granted Four Seasons Radio Ltd. a new FM license for the Kelowna market offering country music. ^[1] Its initial call letters were CKBL and its branding was 99.9 The Bullet. "The Bullet" signed on in October, 1995, and was the sister station of CKIQ, a news/talk radio station on the AM band that was owned by Four Seasons Radio Ltd. as well. In 1996, Okanagan Skeena Radio Group Ltd. acquired a bunch of radio stations in the Okanagan market when it bought out Four Seasons' parent company.

One year later, in 1997, 99.9 Sun FM replaced "The Bullet" by offering a hot adult contemporary music format. Its call letters were changed to CHSU as well. Simultaneously, CKIQ changed its call letters to CKBL, which meant the Kelowna market lost a news/talk radio station leaving cross-town competitor CKOV as the sole station offering that format. CKBL continued to offer country music on the rebranded 1150 AM The Bullet.

In 1999, Telemedia acquired Okanagan Skeena Radio Group Ltd. along with other radio assets across the country. In 2002, Standard Broadcasting acquired Telemedia's radio assets. Standard later sold some stations in other provinces to various companies but, to date, it has retained its British Columbia stations and 99.9 Sun FM continues to operate with the same format and branding.

In October 2007, Astral Media acquired Standard Broadcasting's terrestrial radio and television assets, including CHSU-FM.

[edit] Rebroadcasters

[edit] References

• 99.9 Sun FM | Standard Radio Information on the station.
• B.C. Interior radio station history | Canadian Communications Foundation

[edit] External links

• 99.9 Sun FM
• CHSU-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CHSU-FM