CHRC-FM

CHRC-FM (92.5 FM, "Hot Country 92.5") is a radio station in Rockland, Ontario. Owned by Evanov Communications, and currently operated by Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria under a temporary management agreement, it broadcasts a country music format.

CHRC-FM

Rockland, Ontario
Broadcast area	Clarence-Rockland
Frequency	92.5 MHz (FM)
Branding	Hot Country 92.5
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Evanov Communications (Sale pending to Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria)
Operator	Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria
Sister stations	CKHK-FM, CFWC-FM, CKDX-FM
History
First air date	October 15, 2013
Call sign meaning	CH Rockland/Clarence (broadcast area)
Technical information
Class	A
ERP	333 watts
HAAT	54.8 meters (180 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	hotcountry925.ca

History

Former logo as Jewel 92.5

On February 25, 2013, the CRTC approved an application for a new FM radio station in Rockland, Ontario by Dufferin Communications, a subsidiary of Evanov Radio Group. Evanov proposed an adult contemporary station broadcasting on 92.5 FM with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 333 watts. Cogeco and Evanov accepted that there would be a small zone of interference between the new station and CKBE-FM in Montreal.^[1]

In June 2013, the station was assigned the call letters CHRC-FM.^[2] That call sign was previously used by a now-defunct radio station in Quebec City. On October 15, 2013, CHRC-FM launched with a soft adult contemporary format branded as Jewel 92.5; its lineup featured the syndicated John Tesh Radio Show and nightly blocks of adult standards (The Lounge) and beautiful music (The Instrumental Concert Series).^[3][4]

In May 2021, CHRC-FM flipped to country music as Hot Country 92.5.^[5]

On September 5, 2024, Evanov announced that the station, along with CJWL-FM in Ottawa and CKHK-FM in Hawkesbury, would close effective September 20, 2024, due to increased competition, changing listener habits, and economic conditions brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] However, on September 19, Evanov announced that it had reached agreements to sell all three stations instead, with an agreement to sell CHRC and CKHK to Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria—the cooperative that owns CHOD-FM 92.1 Go FM in Cornwall, pending CRTC approval. While CHOD is a francophone station, it was stated that the new owner would continue operating both stations with English-language programming.^[7]

Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria formally filed applications to acquire the stations on January 24, 2025, valuing them at $150,000 each. It is currently operating the stations under a temporary management agreement.^[8]