NORTH BAY, Ont. — Radio station CFCH returned to the airwaves Tuesday morning, officially signing on at 7:30 a.m. ET as Country 90.5 FM, CFCH North Bay.
The CFCH call letters originated with the first radio station launched by Roy Thomson in North Bay back in 1930, which was right at the beginning of Lord Thomson of Fleet’s media-empire building. (The current Thomson-Reuters is a descendant of that company.)
The new CFCH FM station is owned and operated by Vista Radio, which is owned by Thomson’s granddaughter Sherry Brydson, who helped to kick off the launch of CFCH and spoke about the importance of local radio. (The licence for the new FM station was approved by the CRTC in May 2020.)
The first song played on the station Tuesday morning was “Outlaws and Outsiders”, the first gold-certified single by North Bay’s own Cory Marks.
After more than 20 years with Rogers, Kevin Oschefski has joined the station as program director and is the morning show host of “The Kevin O Show”. Hosting mid-days is Lindsay Cooper, while Drew Ferris hosts afternoons. Ferris returns to North Bay after a few years as morning host at Moose FM 99.3 in West Nipissing, another Vista Radio station.
