CKGB-FM

CKGB-FM
Timmins, Ontario ;
Broadcast area	Timmins
Frequency	99.3 MHz
Branding	KiSS 99.3
Programming
Format	Hot adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner	Rogers Radio ; (Rogers Media, Inc.);
Sister stations	CJQQ-FM
History
First air date	September 15, 1933 (AM); March 2, 2001 (FM)
Former frequencies	1420 kHz (AM) (1933–1939); 1440 kHz (1939-1941); 1470 kHz (1941); 680 kHz (1941–1984); 750 kHz (1984–2001)
Call sign meaning	"Gold Belt"
Technical information
Class	C
ERP	40,000 watts
HAAT	162 meters (531 ft)
Links
Website	kisstimmins.com

Last updated June 12, 2024

CKGB-FM (99.3 MHz) is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format in Timmins, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand KiSS 99.3 and is owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media.

History

The station was launched in late 1933 by young Northern Ontario media entrepreneur Roy Thomson, who would later become the owner of The Times of London. Thomson acquired the Timmins Daily Press in 1934, and the newspaper and radio station shared a building and ownership for many years. In the 1940s and 1950s, CKGB was operating on 94.5 FM as CKRT-FM, until it was shut down. The station broadcast on AM from its inception, periodically changing frequencies until its last AM home at 750 in 1984,^[1] and adopting a country format in 1990. Coincidentally, Thompson hired Jack Kent Cooke to be a sales rep in the hungry 1930s. He went on to own the Los Angeles Kings hockey franchise. The station was an affiliate of CBC Radio's Trans-Canada Network until 1962 and then the CBC Radio network. In 1984, CKGB was authorized to drop its CBC affiliation as network service was now available in the area from CBC-owned CBCJ-FM.^[2]

In 2001, the station received CRTC approval to move to the FM dial,^[3] retaining its legendary call letters as CKGB-FM but taking on the "EZ Rock" brand and adult contemporary format, giving the small Timmins radio market its first direct competition, as the Haliburton Broadcasting Group-owned CHMT-FM had launched as AC/CHR hybrid just a few months before. Less than a year after EZ Rock's Timmins launch, CHMT flipped to fill the void in country radio as Moose FM.

In July 2011, the station altered its musical format to present a more contemporary version of its AC Mainstream Plus blend. With this shift, the station cancelled The '80s Lunch program and Sunday at the '70sSolid Gold Saturday Night was replaced by The Saturday Night Show, a program featuring music from the 1970s to present. Scott Turnbull remains as host. The station also adopted a new logo as well as the positioning statement, "Today's Best Music".

CKGB was one of four EZ Rock-branded stations owned and operated by Rogers Media, all of which are located in Northern Ontario (the others being CJMX-FM Sudbury, CHUR-FM North Bay, and CHAS-FM Sault Ste. Marie); as of July 2013, Rogers is in the process of rebranding all 4 stations, and is entertaining listener input through surveys on the stations' websites and through social media.^[4] On August 29, 2013, all "EZ Rock" stations rebranded to "Kiss", discarding the "EZ Rock" branding now owned by Bell Media.

In 2020, CKGB changed its moniker to "The New KiSS 99.3", but kept the same slogan and format. The station began carrying the Roz and Mocha Show from CKIS-FM Toronto which also airs on other Rogers-owned "Kiss" stations across Canada.

Contributions to Canadian Music

Canadian country musician Stompin' Tom Connors recorded his first 45-RPM singles at the CKGB radio station in the mid-1960s. They were pressed by Quality Records in Toronto, and paid for (and sold) by Tom personally. Each of these singles features the CKGB logo.

Logos

EZ Rock Timmins logo used from 2001-2011.

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References

↑ Decision CRTC 84-645
↑ Decision CRTC 84-405
↑ Decision CRTC 2001-162
↑ "Rogers Preparing To Rebrand Four Ontario EZRock's," from Radio Insight, 7/8/2013

External links

KiSS 99.3
CKGB-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
Timmins station histories
CKGB-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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[1] Decision CRTC 84-645

[2] Decision CRTC 84-405

[3] Decision CRTC 2001-162

[4] "Rogers Preparing To Rebrand Four Ontario EZRock's," from Radio Insight, 7/8/2013

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v t e Adult contemporary radio stations in the Province of Ontario
Anglophone stations	CFBG-FM – Bracebridge CFBK-FM – Huntsville CFGX-FM – Sarnia CFHK-FM – St. Thomas CFJR-FM – Brockville CFLG-FM – Cornwall CFLY-FM – Kingston CFNO-FM – Marathon CFSF-FM – Sturgeon Falls CHAS-FM – Sault Ste. Marie CHCD-FM – Simcoe CHFI-FM – Toronto CHGK-FM – Stratford CHMS-FM – Bancroft CHRE-FM – St. Catharines CHUM-FM – Toronto CHUR-FM – North Bay CHYM-FM – Kitchener CHYR-FM – Leamington CICW-FM - Fergus CIGL-FM – Belleville CIHR-FM – Woodstock CIMA-FM – Alliston CIMJ-FM – Guelph CING-FM – Hamilton CISS-FM – Ottawa CIXK-FM – Owen Sound CJED-FM – Niagara Falls CJJM-FM – Espanola CJKL-FM – Kirkland Lake CJMI-FM – Strathroy CJMJ-FM – Ottawa CJML-FM – Milton CJMX-FM – Sudbury CJRL-FM – Kenora CJTT-FM – Temiskaming Shores CKAP-FM – Kapuskasing CKCB-FM – Collingwood CKDR-FM – Dryden CKGB-FM – Timmins CKMB-FM – Barrie CKMO-FM – Orangeville CKNR-FM – Elliot Lake CKNX-FM – Wingham CKOT-FM – Tillsonburg CKPR-FM – Thunder Bay CKPT-FM – Peterborough CKRU-FM – Peterborough CKSG-FM – Cobourg CKSY-FM – Chatham-Kent CKWS-FM – Kingston CKXM-FM – Exeter
Francophone stations	CHYC-FM – Sudbury CHYK-FM – Timmins CHYQ-FM – West Nipissing
See also List of radio stations in Ontario CHR/Top 40 stations in Ontario