History
Initially owned by Newcap Radio, the station received CRTC approval on November 15, 2006 [1] and launched on June 16, 2008 branded as 100.5 K-Rock.
On December 10, 2009, the station applied to the CRTC to increase their effective radiated power from 25,000 watts to 50,000 watts and received approval on June 9, 2010. [2]
On November 7, 2013, the CRTC approved an application by Harvard Broadcasting to acquire CHFT from Newcap Radio. [3]
On December 26, 2013, at 10 a.m, CHFT was rebranded as 100.5 Cruz FM, modelled after sister station CFWD-FM in Saskatoon.
In 2024, CHFT won the award for best small-market radio station at the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards.
On February 24, 2025, after stunting with a loop of "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley, the station flipped to active rock while maintaining the Cruz FM branding (promoted as The All-New Cruz FM). Harvard stated that the repositioning was meant to appeal to Fort McMurray's median young adult population and at-work listening, especially in workplaces (such as the oil sands) with limited access to streaming music; the change is specific to the Fort McMurray market, and other Cruz FM stations will maintain their existing mainstream rock positioning. [4]
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