{{short description|Radio station in Moncton, New Brunswick}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox radio station | logo = 245px | name = CHOY-FM | airdate = {{Start date|2001}} | frequency = 99.9 MHz | city = Moncton, New Brunswick | country = CA | area = Greater Moncton | format = Country | language = French | owner = Maritime Broadcasting System | sister_stations = CKCW-FM, CFQM-FM | erp = 9.5 kWs | haat = {{convert|178.7|m}} | branding = Choix FM 99,9 | class = B | website = [http://www.choix999.com/ choix999.com] | callsign_meaning = derived from ''choix'', "choice" in French }} '''CHOY-FM''' (''Choix FM 99,9'') is a French-language radio station broadcasting at 99.9 MHz from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The station currently plays a country format with the slogan "L'Acadie country" and is owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System with its studios at 1000 St George Boulevard. Preceding CHOY, the only private francophone broadcaster in Moncton had been CHLR, which began broadcasting October 31, 1981 until January 2, 1985.

==History== On August 24, 2000, Denis Losier, on behalf of a company to be incorporated received approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a new commercial French-language FM radio service in Moncton.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-361.htm Decision CRTC 2000-361]</ref> The station began broadcasting with an adult contemporary format in 2001. On February 21, 2006, the station received approval to transfer the effective control of CHOY-FM Limitée, licensee of CHOY-FM Moncton, New Brunswick, from Radio Diffusion Acadie Inc. to Maritime Broadcasting System Limited (MBS).<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2006/pb2006-22.htm Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-22], Ownership applications granted approval (see 5. 2005-0958-1 19 December 2005), ''CRTC'', February 21, 2006</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.choix999.com/ Choix FM 99,9] * [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/new-brunswick/CHOY-FM CHOY-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation *{{RecnetCanada|CHOY-FM}}

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