CHYO-FM

CHYO-FM (87.7 FM; Country 87.7) is a Canadian radio station with a country format broadcasting from,. The station uses the on-air brand and format "Country 87.7". The station is owned and operated by. CHYO-FM's studios are located in the Rogers Building at the corner of and Cathcart Street in, it's transmitter is located at.

CHYO-FM was the first Canadian radio station on 87.7 FM, taking the frequency after (a channel 6 station who's audio carrier of 87.75 MHz could be picked up on 87.7 FM on the radio dial in the analog era) switched to digital.

History
On July 7, 2011, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved Rogers Broadcasting's application to operate on 87.7 MHz once CBMT-DT (channel 6; who's 87.75 MHz analog audio carrier could be picked up on 87.7 FM on the radio dial) switched to digital on August 31, 2011. The station's callsign was filed as CHYO-FM, with original plans for a Urban AC format. However, -owned CKJK-FM flipped to a Classic Hip Hop format as "Flow 96.3" two days after CHYO's filing, preventing CHYO from using the format.

On September 13, 2011, CHYO-FM went to air on 87.7 FM, with a temporary stunt format consisting of a "wheel of formats", which was spun every few hours. The "wheel of formats" included Dion 87.7 (all-Céline Dion), Sea 87.7 (all-Great Big Sea), 87.7 The Arcade (all-Arcade Fire, a band from Montreal), Dreamy 87.7 (dream pop and shoegaze), Rudolph Radio (Christmas music), Booty 87 (crunk), 87.7 The King (all-Elvis Presley), and Sgt. Pepper Radio (all-Beatles). The wheel landed on a permanent format, country, on September 18, 2011, with the debut of "Country 87.7".