CKCQ-FM
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| Broadcast area | Cariboo |
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| Frequency | 100.3 MHz (FM) |
| Branding | 100.3 Cariboo Country FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| History | |
Call sign meaning | C K Cariboo Quesnel |
| Technical information | |
| Class | A (FM) B (AM) |
| Power | 1 kW (AM) |
| ERP | 1.8 kWs (FM) horizontal polarization only |
| HAAT | 64 meters (210 ft) |
| Repeater(s) | 570 AM |
| Links | |
| Website | www.mycariboonow.com/country-fm |
CKCQ-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 100.3 FM in Quesnel, British Columbia. Owned by Vista Broadcast Group, the station airs a country music format and is branded as Cariboo Country FM. The station also has a rebroadcast transmitter in Williams Lake (CKWL, AM 570).
The station was launched in 1957 by Cariboo Broadcasters on 570 AM. The Williams Lake transmitter was added in 1960, and a 100 Mile House transmitter was added in 1971. The Quesnel transmitter moved to 920 AM in 1980, and the AM 570 allocation was moved to CKWL in Williams Lake where it remains today. CKCQ migrated to its current FM frequency in 2004 and the AM 920 transmitter fell silent. The 100 Mile station, CKBX was converted to a stand-alone station serving 100 Mile and area exclusively in 2008.[1] The old AM transmitter tower is now gone and is the mast for the FM Antenna is located on the edge of a private residence near the Pinnacles on Stubbington Road. The FM station is now 1.8KWs ERP at 100.3 MHz. Vista acquired the stations from Cariboo Communications in 2005.[2] In 2007 the radio station moved to its new location at 410 Kinchant in downtown Quesnel.
The station was called 'The Wolf' but changed its name to Cariboo Country FM in 2014.
Rebroadcaster
- Williams Lake: CKWL, 570 kHz, (1,000 watts, Class B)
References
External links
- Cariboo Country FM
- Template:History of Canadian Broadcasting
- Template:History of Canadian Broadcasting
- CKCQ-FM in the REC Canadian station database
- CKWL in the REC Canadian station database
- CKBX in the REC Canadian station database
52°59′22″N 122°33′57″W / 52.98944°N 122.56583°W
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