CKFX-FM
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| City | North Bay, Ontario |
|---|---|
| Branding | 101.9 Rock |
| Frequency | 101.9 MHz (FM) |
| First air date |
1922 (AM) 1996 (FM) |
| Format | mainstream rock |
| ERP | 100 kW |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | CK FoX (former branding as The Fox) |
| Owner |
Rogers Media, a division of Rogers Communications (Rogers Radio) |
| Sister stations | CKAT, CHUR-FM |
| Website | www.1019rock.ca |
- "CKFX" redirects here. A now-silenced shortwave transmitter of Vancouver station CKWX also used the CKFX callsign.
CKFX-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 101.9 FM in North Bay, Ontario. The station airs a mainstream rock format under the brand name 101.9 Rock. The station uses the same general format as, and shares some programming with, CJRQ-FM in Sudbury and CJQQ-FM in Timmins.
The station was originally launched in Iroquois Falls in 1922, as CFCH, a corporate communications service for lumber camps owned by Abitibi Power and Paper Company. It was subsequently acquired by Roy Thomson in 1930, and moved to North Bay. The station originally launched in North Bay at 930 on the AM dial, moving to 1230 in 1941 and then to 600 in 1942. CFCH was on the FM dial at 106.3 MHz for a brief period in the 1940s and 1950s.[1] The 106.3 MHz frequency is now occupied by CFXN-FM.
In 1960, Thomson's Northern Broadcasting acquired the city's television station, CKGN, which also adopted the CFCH callsign. In 1976, Northern also acquired the FM station CKAT. Thomson subsequently sold Northern Broadcasting to a local business consortium in 1974. In 1980, the stations were sold to Telemedia.
In 1996, Telemedia swapped the stations in a move similar to its 1990 switch involving CKSO and CIGM in Sudbury. CKAT took over CFCH's AM frequency, and CFCH moved to the FM station, adopted its current callsign and a new branding 102 FM The Fox. (The former CFCH callsign now belongs to a radio station out in Chase, British Columbia).
In 2002, Telemedia sold the stations to Standard Broadcasting, who shortly sold them to Rogers Communications.
In June 2013, Rogers Communications rebranded "102 FM The Fox" to "The New 101.9 The Fox" and changing the slogan from North Bay's Best Rock to World Class Rock.
On June 7, 2016, the station was rebranded "101.9 Rock".
References
- ↑ CFCH-FM (1947-1956) Canadian Communications Foundation
External links
- 101.9 Rock
- North Bay History
- CKFX history - Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKFX-FM
Coordinates: 46°18′10″N 79°24′39″W / 46.30278°N 79.41083°W