 Much like its previous format, the station aired Christmas music in both English and French, while the station's imaging was completely in French, per condition of its license.On December 28, CHRF adopted an adult standards format, still as "AM 980" (but with branding modelled upon Evanov's "Jewel" soft adult contemporary stations).The original plan was to play adult standards during daytime hours, while the station would air programming targeting the Haitian community during evening hours.