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Broadcast area | Hawkesbury |
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Frequency | 107.7 MHz (FM) |
Branding | Hot Country 107.7 |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks |
Ownership | |
Owner | Evanov Communications (Sale pending to Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria) |
Operator | Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria |
CHRC-FM, CFWC-FM, CKDX-FM | |
History | |
First air date | April 14, 2008 |
Call sign meaning | CK HawKesbury (broadcast area) |
Technical information | |
Class | A |
ERP | 1,100 watts |
HAAT | 71.5 meters (235 ft) |
Links | |
Website | hotcountry1077.ca |
CKHK-FM (107.7 FM, "Hot Country 107.7") is a radio station in Hawkesbury, Ontario. Owned by Evanov Communications, and currently operated by Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria under a temporary management agreement, it broadcasts a country music format.
On June 27, 2007, Ottawa Media Inc. was licensed by the CRTC to operate a new FM station at Hawkesbury. [1]
On April 14, 2008 at 9:00 AM, the station was launched as 107.7 The Jewel, with a soft adult contemporary format.
In May 2021, the station flipped to country as Hot Country 107.7, as part of a realignment of several Evanov stations. [2]
On September 5, 2024, Evanov announced that the station, along with CJWL-FM in Ottawa and CHRC-FM in Rockland, would close effective September 20, 2024, due to increased competition, changing listener habits, and economic conditions brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] However, on September 19, Evanov announced that it had reached agreements to sell all three stations instead, with an agreement to sell CKHK and CHRC to Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria—the cooperative that owns CHOD-FM 92.1 Go FM in Cornwall—pending CRTC approval. While CHOD is a francophone station, it was stated that the new owner would continue operating both stations with English-language programming. [4]
Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria formally filed applications to acquire the stations on January 24, 2025, valuing them at $150,000 each. It is currently operating the stations under a temporary management agreement. [5]
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