on 97.5 MHz with an adult contemporary format. Haliburton received CRTC approval on April 21, 2011. On May 19, 2011, Haliburton applied to operate a new FM radio station in Prescott, Ontario. The new station would operate at 107.9 MHz with a hot adult contemporary music format. Haliburton received CRTC approval on November 10, 2011. On November 9, 2011, Haliburton submitted applications to the CRTC to acquire CJFB-FM in Bolton, Ontario and CFGM-FM in Caledon, Ontario. This was approved on March 14, 2012. Sale of holdings In May 2008, Haliburton announced a deal to sell the CHYC stations to Le5 Communications, a firm owned by Sudbury lawyer Paul Lefebvre, for a purchase price of $425,000. The deal was approved by the CRTC on October 31, 2008. On July 28, 2008, HBG announced that it had sold 12 stations to Newcap Broadcasting, subject to CRTC approval, for a price of $18.95 million. The Kincardine and Haldimand stations were not part of the deal, and their status was not disclosed at the time of the Newcap announcement. Newcap's formal application to acquire the stations was published for public hearings by the CRTC on November 13, 2008, but was subsequently withdrawn in January 2009. Newcap CEO Rob Steele indicated that in light of the credit market crisis, the company did not feel that it was the right time to increase its debt load. In February 2009, Haliburton was part of a tentative deal to sell CIYN in Kincardine to My Broadcasting Corporation. On October 19, 2012, the CRTC approved Vista Broadcast Group's application for authority to acquire Haliburton's AM and FM radio stations located in Ontario. Stations At the time of Haliburton's acquisition by Vista in 2012, the company owned the following stations: Bancroft - CHMS-FM Barry's Bay - CHBY-FM Bolton - CJFB-FM Bracebridge - CFBG-FM Caledon - CFGM-FM Cochrane - CHPB-FM Elliot Lake - CKNR-FM Espanola - CJJM-FM Fort Erie - CFLZ-FM Haldimand - CKJN-FM Haliburton - CFZN-FM Huntsville - CFBK-FM Iroquois Falls - CFIF-FM Kapuskasing - CKAP-FM Hearst - CKHT-FM Kemptville - CKVV-FM Niagara Falls - CJED-FM North Bay - CFXN-FM Parry Sound - CKLP-FM Prescott - CKPP-FM Stratford - CJCS-FM, CHGK-FM Sturgeon Falls - CFSF-FM Timmins - CHMT-FM Former stations The following stations were owned by Haliburton in the past, but were sold to other owners prior to the company's final acquisition: Kincardine - CIYN-FM (sold to My Broadcasting Corporation