CKLR-FM

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CKLR-FM
Eagle Logo FM stroke.png
Broadcast area Courtenay
Comox
Campbell River
Frequency 97.3 MHz (FM)
Branding97.3 The Eagle
Programming
Format Hot adult contemporary/classic hits
Affiliations102.3 The Wave, 106.9 The Wolf, 88.5 The Beach, 99.9 The Lounge, 93.3 The Peak.
Ownership
OwnerIsland Radio (division of the Jim Pattison Group)
History
First air date
October 5, 1998
Technical information
Class B
ERP 4.7 kWs average
11.6 kWs peak
horizontal polarization only
HAAT 282 meters (925 ft)
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website 973theeagle.com

CKLR-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.3 FM in Courtenay, British Columbia. The station uses its on-air branding 97.3 The Eagle and currently broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format. The station also broadcasts on cable at 89.7 and streams live from their website. The station is owned & operated by Jim Pattison Group and is part of a division of Island Radio.

The station received approval by the CRTC on April 21, 1998, [1] and began its on-air broadcasting on October 5, of that same year the first voice being heard on this station was Bill Nation with the morning news. Bill Nation is the only current staff member who was also with the station when it first went to air in 1998.

On November 1, 2005, Pattison and Island Radio announced that Island Radio Ltd. of Nanaimo, B.C. had agreed to sell its six radio stations (and related assets) to the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group. The stations involved in the transaction include CKLR, CKWV and CHWF in Nanaimo, CIBH and CHPQ in Parksville-Qualicum Beach and CJAV in Port Alberni.

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