CHOP-FM

{{short description|Radio station in Newmarket, Ontario}}

{{Infobox radio station

| logo = CHOP-FM.png

| name = CHOP-FM

| airdate = September 28, 2007

| frequency = 102.7 MHz (FM)

| branding = 102.7 CHOP-FM

| city = Newmarket, Ontario

| format = High school

| owner = Pickering College

| erp = 5 watts

| class = LP

| website = [https://www.pickeringcollege.on.ca/athletics-arts/1027-chop-fm pickeringcollege.on.ca/athletics-arts/1027-chop-fm]

}}

CHOP-FM is a high school radio station that operates at 102.7 FM in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.

Owned by Pickering College, the station began broadcasting on September 28, 2007, after it was given approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on February 1, 2007.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2007/db2007-47.htm CRTC Decision 2007-47] Instructional campus FM radio station in Newmarket, Ontario, CRTC, February 1, 2007 The station was modelled after another high school radio station in the province called CKVI-FM located in Kingston.

On November 12, 2021, the CRTC issued a call for comments on market capacity to serve Newmarket, Ontario and call for applications to serve Newmarket. The station also submitted an application to increase CHOP-FM's effective radiated power (ERP) from 5 watts LP to 100 watts class A1.[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2021/2021-378.htm Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2021-378], Call for comments on market capacity to serve Newmarket, Ontario, and call for applications to serve Newmarket, Ontario, CRTC, November 12, 2021

On December 5, 2022, Pickering College Campus Radio submitted an application to operate an English language community FM radio station at Newmarket which would operate at 102.7 MHz (channel 274A1) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 33.5 watts (maximum ERP of 100 watts, and an effective height of the antenna above average terrain [EHAAT] of 9 metres).[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2022/2022-331.htm#bm3 Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2022-331], Pickering College Campus Radio Application 2020-0036-3, CRTC, December 5, 2022 The CRTC approved Pickering College's application on August 7, 2023.[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2023/2023-241.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2023-241], English-language community FM radio station in Newmarket, CRTC, August 7, 2023