CHPR was originally launched in 1976 as a
daytimer on 1110 kHz
AM radio (to protect
WBT Charlotte, North Carolina and
KFAB Omaha, Nebraska) to rebroadcast the programming of
Cornwall's
CFIX. In 1983, ownership of the stations was transferred to Guy Vaillancourt, who also owned CJLA. Due to the area's unique circumstances as a predominantly
franco-ontarian community with limited local media service due to the region's proximity to the
Montreal market, the station was also licensed at that time to launch a
low power FM repeater to improve reception and provide a nighttime service. Vaillancourt shutdown CFIX that year, and subsequently transferred CHPR's programming source to CJLA. In 1985, Vaillancourt committed to produce 32 hours per week of local programming on CHPR, with CJLA providing the station's programming the rest of the time. In 1987, the FM transmitter increased its signal to 780
watts. The AM transmitter was discontinued at that time. Also that year, CHPR and CJLA affiliated with the
Radiomutuel network. The following year, the stations were acquired by Radio Fusion, a subsidiary of RNC Media. In 1997, RNC Media became the direct licensee of the stations after a corporate reorganization. CHPR was also licensed to increase its signal to 3 kW, and to reduce its local programming to 15 hours per week. In the fall of
2006, the station changed to a more
oldies-leaning AC format as
Lov Radio, even though the AC currents remain on the station. The station rebranded as
Planète Lov' in August
2008, because of RNC rebranding most of their stations to the
Planète name. By
2010, CHPR-FM decreased the amount of oldies played on the station. ==References==