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| Branding | X92.9 |
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| Slogan | "Calgary's New Rock Alternative" |
| Frequency | 92.9 MHz |
| First air date | January 1, 2007 |
| Format | modern rock |
| Power | 100 kW (as of June 9, 2007) |
| Callsign meaning | C F E X92.9 |
| Owner | Harvard Broadcasting |
| Website | X92.9 |
CFEX-FM is modern rock station serving Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 2006, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved a licence for Harvard Broadcasting to start a FM station.[1]As of Fall 2011, CFEX is ranked #13 in the Calgary market ratings.[2]
X92.9 went on the air January 1, 2007 at midnight with a live to air performance with Hot Hot Heat. The on-air lineup debuted one week later on January 8. The station is also home to a "No Nickelback Guarantee".[3] The station's slogan is "Calgary's New Rock Alternative".
X92.9 currently features a morning show with humorous conversation, current events coverage, and commentary. The hosts are Fraser Tuff and Roger Kingkade (previously with Candace Knihnitski). "The Show" runs from 6-10AM.
The rest of the current on-air line-up includes:
Carly Meyers - Weekdays 10AM-2PM
Lynch - Weekdays 2PM-6PM
Greg Beharrell - Weekday evenings 6PM-10:30PM (Friday 6PM-12AM)
Matt Berry - Overnights/Weekends
James Callsen, also known to listeners as Newsboy, is the news director.
Chris Lynch is the Music Director
Xposure is a weekly indie music show which runs for one hour Sundays at 7PM, hosted by Malissa Dunphy, focusing on Canadian independent artists, with an emphasis on the Calgary scene.
Project Punk is an hour of punk music hosted by Darren Ollinger on Sunday nights at 10PM.
Loveline is a syndicated program which runs Sundays through Thursdays from 11PM to 1AM. The show is hosted by KROQ-FM's Psycho Mike and Dr. Drew Pinsky, along with celebrity guests from music, television, movies and more. It's an open-line show focused on sex education, with a humorous bent.
X92.9 has a streetside studio at the corner of 17th Avenue and 2nd Street in SW Calgary in an area known as The Red Mile. Listeners can watch the DJs and assorted guests through very large windows.
X92.9 occasionally hosts Takeovers where a band will perform for listeners and on air plus play the songs they want to hear on the radio station. Some of the artists who've done X Sessions include Queens of the Stone Age, Silversun Pickups, The New Pornographers, Taking Back Sunday, Strata, Attack in Black, Tegan and Sara, Tokyo Police Club, Wintersleep and Ill Scarlett.
[edit] References
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-321
- ^ Fall 2011 Calgary PPM Ratings
- ^ Farquharson, Vanessa (2009-02-05). "Debate over Nickelback rages on". Regina Leader-Post. http://www.leaderpost.com/Entertainment/Debate+over+Nickelback+rages/1255161/story.html. Retrieved 2009-02-15.[dead link]
[edit] External links
- X92.9 official website
- CFEX-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CFEX-FM
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