CHKX-FM

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CHKX-FM
CHKX-FM.png
Broadcast area Golden Horseshoe
Frequency 94.7 MHz (FM) (HD Radio)
BrandingKX 94.7
Programming
Format Country
HD2: Smooth jazz Wave.fm
HD3: CHTG-FM
Ownership
Owner Durham Radio Inc.
CJKX-FM, CHTG-FM, CKDO, CKGE-FM
History
First air date
September 1, 2000
Former call signs
CIWV-FM (2000-2011)
Call sign meaning
C Hamilton's KX (City of license and sister station/branding of both stations)
Technical information
Class C1
ERP 40,000 watts average
100,000 watts peak
HAAT 139.9 meters (459 ft)
Links
Website kx947.fm

CHKX-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 94.7 FM from Hamilton, Ontario and licensed to Hamilton/Burlington. The station airs a country format branded as KX 94.7. CHKX's studios are located on Upper Wellington Street in Hamilton, while their transmitter is located atop the Niagara Escarpment near Stoney Creek.

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The station cannot be reliably heard in most of the Niagara Region due to the presence of adjacent-channel interference from WNED-FM, a classical music station in Buffalo, New York.

History

Wave 94.7

Wave 94.7 Logo 2000-2011 Wave 94.7 FM.gif
Wave 94.7 Logo 2000-2011

CHKX-FM originally launched on September 1, 2000, as CIWV-FM with a smooth jazz format by Burlingham Communications Inc., a company controlled by Douglas Kirk, the owner of CJKX-FM in Ajax. Local radio consultant Rae Roe initially owned a small interest in the company. Roe sold his interest in the station in early 2001.

In 2007, the station applied to add new transmitters in Meaford, [1] Peterborough [2] and Ottawa, Ontario. [3] All applications were denied by the CRTC.

CHKX-FM Hamilton has gone through several technical changes and more than doubled its power in November 2009. [4] [5] [6] [7]

On September 1, 2007, Burlingham Communications Inc merged with Durham Radio Inc., an Oshawa, Ontario based company also controlled by Douglas Kirk. The new merged entity continued operations under the Durham Radio banner.

KX 94.7

Current HD2 format CIWV-FM.PNG
Current HD2 format

On August 1, 2011, CIWV dropped its jazz format and flipped to country music as KX 94.7, changing its calls to CHKX-FM to match the new branding; the previous Wave format moved to an internet radio station. [8]

In December 2015, the CRTC granted approval for CHKX to utilize HD Radio services. Wave.FM would return to the airwaves as a digital subchannel on 94.7-HD2 for listeners in the Hamilton area. [9]

In September 2017, its sister station CJKX-FM broadcasts on HD. It is digital subchannel HD2 as Wave.FM on 95.9-HD2 for listeners in Durham Region area.

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References

  1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-392
  2. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-406
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-407
  4. Increase in power for CIWV-FM Hamilton/Burlington Decision CRTC 2001-496
  5. Hamilton - Technical change Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-507
  6. Hamilton - Technical change Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-575
  7. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-350
  8. "94.7 CIWV Hamilton, ON To Flip To Country". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  9. "Stations - Canada".

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