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CHRW-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 94.9 FM in London, Ontario. It is licensed as a community-based campus radio station by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The station broadcasts from Room 250 of the University Community Centre of the University of Western Ontario.HistoryThe station has its roots in a weekly radio show that was broadcast overnights on CFPL-FM starting in 1971. The University Students' Council subsequently launched a carrier current station, which was added to the city's cable FM service in 1978 and was available on AC radios in some university buildings at 610 kHz. The station was available on 91.5 through the Rogers cable service until it was moved to digital channel 943 in 2007.In January 1980 the station formally organized as CHRW and applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for an FM license, which was granted in 1981. The station moved to the public airwaves in October of that year, with 50 watts at 94.7 on the FM dial. CHRW's chief announcer, John R. Quain, played CHRW 94.7 FM's first song, "On the Air" by Peter Gabriel, on October 31, 1981. In 1987, CHRW increased its power from 50 to 5,000 watts and decreased it from 5,000 to 3,000 watts in 1990. In November 2003, the station increased power again, to 6,000 watts, moved to its current frequency, (94.9 FM) and its tower was moved to One London Place from its previous location in the city's Cherryhill area. The station can be heard across London, and through several counties in southwestern Ontario, reaching past Woodstock, St. Thomas and surrounding communities between Lake Erie and Lake Huron.