March 31 of that year after the licensee resolved a technical problem relating to the implementation of the new FM transmitter. During CHYC's (formerly CFBR) existence on AM 900, the station had suffered some co-channel interference during the nighttime hours from 900 CHML Hamilton, making it unlistenable in the areas of Greater Sudbury including the outlying areas. CHYC never applied for any signal upgrades or frequency changes on the AM band until its move to FM 98.9 in 2000. Haliburton subsequently sold CHNO to Newcap Broadcasting in 2001. Despite no longer having common ownership, CHYC and CHNO continued to operate from the same studio facility at 493 Barrydowne Road in Sudbury. In 2008, Haliburton announced a deal to sell the CHYC stations to Le5 Communications, a firm owned by Sudbury lawyer Paul Lefebvre. This deal was approved by the CRTC on October 31, 2008. Le5 Communications rebranded the station as Le Loup 98.9 in early 2009, and moved the station to new studios at 100 Brian McKee Lane in downtown Sudbury. Musician and actor Stéphane Paquette also joined the station as an afternoon host. He has since been succeeded in the afternoon slot by Dayv Poulin, his former bandmate in Les Chaizes Muzikales. In 2011, Le5 Communications filed an application to change the station's authorized signal contours by increasing the effective radiated power from 1,400 to 4,620 watts (from class A to class B1) and by increasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 165.3 to 181.9 metres). The CRTC approved Le5's application on September 28, 2011. The company also purchased Sudbury's existing francophone community newspaper Le Voyageur in 2011. Rebroadcasters A community group in Chapleau, Formation Plus, holds an independent license to rebroadcast the signal of CHYC. This transmitter operates on 95.9 FM in Chapleau with the call sign CHAP-FM. References External links leloupfm.com Le Loup 98.9 (95.9 MHz Chapleau, Ontario) (Old frequency) Hyc Hyc Hyc Radio stations established in 1957 1957 establishments in Ontario