CFU758

CFU758 is a low-power broadcaster, using the on-air brand 90.7 RAV FM. It is the only licensed high school radio station in Thornhill, Ontario and is owned and operated by Vaughan Secondary School. RAV FM is part of the school's radio broadcasting course, and is one of a small number of Canadian radio stations licensed to a high school.

History

RAV FM first signed on in 1999 on the 106.3 FM frequency, utilizing a combination of students and faculty as station operators and program directors.

Rob Basile was the station’s original founder, and a teacher at Vaughan Secondary School. Under Basile’s guidance, the station voluntarily changed to 90.7 FM to avoid interference with CKAV-FM in 2002. After moving to CIRR-FM at the end of the 2004 to become that station's program director, the duties of program director were given to Chris “Punch” Andrews, who also continued his on-air duties at CKFM-FM. After the death of Andrews in 2008, Ronald Johnson was named the new program director of the station. To honour the memory of Andrews, the studio was renamed the Punch Andrews Studio. Up until this point it was student-led broadcasting and was still using the original mixer board donated to the station by CHUM FM. In 2009, Matthew Rondina, a media teacher at Vaughan Secondary School assumed the program director, removing the elements of student leadership and independence from the station. The original equipment was removed and the studio was completely changed. Under Rondina's changes students were no longer able to run their own shows and the station ceased to exist as a club/ extra curricular activity.