CJKX-FM
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| Broadcast area | Greater Toronto Area |
| Frequency | 95.9MHz(FM) (HD Radio) |
| Branding | KX96 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country HD2:Smooth jazzWave.FM HD3:CKDO |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Durham Radio Inc. |
| CHKX-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | November 21, 1967 |
Former call signs | CHOO(1967–1994) |
Former frequencies | 1390kHz(AM) (1967–1994) |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 19.96 kWs |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kx96.fm |
CJKX-FMis a Canadian radio station. Although its officialcity of licenceisAjax,Ontario, the station operates from studios inOshawa,Ontario with co-owned stationsCKDOandCKGE-FM.Airing at 95.9FM,the station broadcasts acountryformat branded asKX96.
History
[edit]The station was launched on November 21,1967asAM1390CHOO.The station was acquired in 1973 by Community Communications, and in 1977 byGolden West Broadcasting.In 1994, the station was acquired by its current owner,Durham Radio,and moved to its current FM frequency.[1]
In 1999, the station added a 5 kWrebroadcaster(CJKX-FM-1) inSunderland,operating on 89.9 FM to cover the area that receives interference from first-adjacentCFJB-FM.[2]
In 2006, CJKX was approved by theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissionto add arebroadcaster(CJKX-FM-2) in downtownToronto,to operate on 95.9 FM, the same frequency as the main station.[3]That rebroadcaster's transmitter is located atop theFirst Canadian Place.
TheCHOOcallsign was formerly used at a station, (now defunct) inTofino,British Columbia from 2000 to 2002. The current "CHOO" callsign is now currently being used at a radio stationDrumheller,Alberta, known today asCHOO-FM.Both of these stations that used the "CHOO" callsign have no relation to CJKX.
On August 1, 2016, the CRTC denied Durham Radio Inc. (Durham)'s application to change the authorized contours of CJKX-FM-2. The applicant proposed to change the transmitter's class from A to B1 and increase the average effective radiated power (ERP) from 122 to 194 watts (maximum ERP from 220 to 800 watts).[4]
References
[edit]- ^CRTC Decision 94-343
- ^CRTC Decision 99-154
- ^CRTC Decision 2006-107,CJKX-FM Ajax - New transmitter in Toronto,CRTC,March 29, 2006
- ^Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-305,CJKX-FM Ajax and its transmitter CJKX-FM-2 Toronto – Technical changes,CRTC,August 1, 2016
External links
[edit]- KX96
- CHOO Radio Recollections- CHOO 1390 AM Ajax(former AM radio station)
- CJKX-FMat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
- CJKX-FMin the REC Canadian station database
- 1390CHOOin the REC Canadian station database -(Old frequency)
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