Radio station in Ottawa, Ontario
CIHT-FM
(89.9
FM
,
Hot 89.9
) is a
radio station
licensed
to
Ottawa
,
Ontario
, Canada. Owned by
Stingray Group
, it broadcasts a
CHR/Top 40
format. CIHT's studios are located on Antares Drive in
Nepean
, while its transmitter is located in
Camp Fortune, Quebec
.
History
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The station was licensed by the
CRTC
in 2001 to broadcast a
rhythmic CHR
/
dance
format known as
The Planet 89.9
.
[1]
The station launched on February 7,
2003
as
The New Hot 89.9
under a
rhythmic contemporary
format, but flipped to its current format after
105.3 Kiss FM
signed on the air in
2004
. Both CIHT and
CHBN-FM
in
Edmonton
share the distinction of having been shifted from
rhythmic top 40
to
top 40
in less than a year after their 2003 sign-ons.
Ottawa
was the largest market Newcap owned radio stations until its expansion into Toronto and Vancouver in 2014, thanks to the purchase of five stations from a blind trust being run by
Bell Media
as part of their merger with
Astral Media
. Even while they were the only English
top 40
station in
Ottawa
, it is one of the few top 40 stations in Canada to continue supporting older music, making CIHT lean towards more of a
hot adult contemporary
direction than most top 40 stations in
Canada
, but on March 31, 2014, CIHT picked up new competition with
CKQB-FM
's flip from
active rock
to a
rhythmic
-leaning
CHR
format, a move that prompted CIHT to back off from the
Hot AC
fare and become more hit-driven with more currents.
The station produces the
Stingray Hit List Countdown
(formerly the
Canadian Hit 40
and the
Canadian Hit 30
), a weekly countdown show that is syndicated to other Stingray sister stations.
References
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External links
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45°20′08″N
75°42′23″W
/
45.33565°N 75.70633°W
/
45.33565; -75.70633
(
CIHT-FM Broadcast Location
)
