[IRCA] 1710 possible "CHIM FM", pirate?

[Tim Tromp <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx>]

A bit of a mystery tonight in Michigan.  I was tuning around the band and
found a stronger than usual signal on 1710.  Religious talk and Christian
pop music from what I could tell with a decent signal but horrible
distorted modulation (at times it sounded better using the FM mode on my
Perseus).  There have been occasional mentions of Canada between songs.
Strangely I've also heard what sounds like current weather conditions read
by a female robo voice, similar to the TIS stations that rebroadcast NOAA
weather radio, but this doesn't sound like one of the usual TIS stations
that now populate 1710 from the East.  This is sometimes given between
songs for about 30 seconds or so.  0500 UTC now and still going.  A bit of
Googling returned a hit for CHIM FM out of Timmins, Ontario:

http://www.chimfm.com/

Note the reference to 1710 AM.

I have no confirmation or ID yet (that I can understand anyway) but
everything seems to point to this station (signal even seems best on the
North D-KAZ).

Anyone know what's going on here?  If it's a Part 15 station then I
shouldn't be hearing it from here.  Is anyone else hearing this one?  How
about you Ontario guys?

I also found this thread on Radioinsight interesting:

https://radioinsight.com/community/topic/chim-fm-possibly-making-an-unlicensed-return-to-terrestrial-airwaves/

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
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