CKNR-FM

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CKNR-FM
Broadcast area Algoma District
Little Current
Manitoulin Island
Frequency 94.1 MHz (FM)
Branding94.1 Moose FM
Programming
Language(s) English
Format Adult contemporary
Affiliations Moose FM
Ownership
Owner Vista Broadcast Group
History
First air date
 1967
Former call signs
CKNR (1967-March 3, 1997)
Former frequencies
1340 kHz (AM) (1967–1997)
Technical information
Class C1 (CKNR-FM)
LP (CKNR-FM-1)
ERP CKNR-FM: 90 kWs
vertical and horizontal polarization:
CKNR-FM-1: 50 watts
HAAT 193 meters (633 ft) (CKNR-FM)
19.2 meters (63 ft) (CKNR-FM-1)
Repeater(s) CKNR-FM-1 98.7 Elliot Lake
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website myalgomamanitoulinnow.com

CKNR-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an adult contemporary format at 94.1 MHz in Elliot Lake, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand 94.1 Moose FM.

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History

The station first aired in 1967 at 1340 AM, and was owned by Algonquin Broadcasting. CKNR had two sister stations, CKNS in Espanola (established in 1976) and CJNR in Blind River (actually the oldest of the three, first established in 1958). [1] Huron Broadcasting acquired the stations in 1976.

In 1986, CJNR and CKNS were given approval to amend their broadcasting licenses, by deleting the condition of license which required these stations to operate as affiliates of the CBC's English-language AM radio network. [2]

All three stations became part of Mid-Canada Radio in 1986, [3] and were subsequently sold to the Pelmorex Radio Network in 1990. [4]

On November 15, 1990, CKNR was given permission to disaffiliate from the CBC as the Elliot Lake area was now served by the Corporation's CBEC-FM. [5]

On December 13, 1984, the CRTC approved a number of applications for a number of AM radio stations across Ontario including CKNR Elliot Lake to increase their nighttime power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts. [6]

During the years on the AM band, both CKNR AM 1340 Elliot Lake (the originating station) and CJNR AM 730 Blind River operated at a power of 1,000 watts day and night, [7] while CKNS AM 930 Espanola operated at 10,000 watts day and night [8] making CKNS the strongest signal of the three.

In the 1980s and 1990s, CKNR and its stations CJNR and CKNS were branded as NR Radio and North Shore Radio.

North Channel Broadcasting acquired the stations from Pelmorex in 1996, and converted CKNR to 94.1 MHz on March 3, 1997 with a transmitter on Manitoulin Island. [9] Due to the station's signal strength (it can be heard as far as Sudbury and into Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula), the CJNR and CKNS signals were both discontinued. After the move to 94.1 FM, the station transmitted in mono and aired a mix of classic hits, oldies, and adult contemporary with some current music. Prior to and after CKNR's move to FM, the station had aired the Toronto Blue Jays baseball games. The station identified itself as just simply CKNR FM 94.1.

North Channel subsequently sold CKNR to Haliburton Broadcasting Group in 2004, a sale which reunited CKNR with many of its former sister stations in the Pelmorex Radio Network. [10]

After Haliburton purchased CKNR-FM, the station rebranded as 94.1 Moose FM with adult contemporary, variety music and switched to FM stereo.

On April 23, 2012, Vista Broadcast Group, which owns a number of radio stations in western Canada, announced a deal to acquire Haliburton Broadcasting, in cooperation with Westerkirk Capital. [11] The transaction was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012. [12]

Transmitters

Although officially licensed to Elliot Lake, the primary transmitter is located closer to Little Current (approximately 80 km to the southeast of the city), and parts of the city of Elliot Lake itself consequently do not receive an adequate signal on the 94.1 frequency. On July 9, 2007, CKNR applied to re-broadcast their FM signal at 98.7 MHz to serve the population of Elliot Lake and received CRTC approval on August 24, 2007. [13]

Rebroadcasters of CKNR-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNet
Elliot Lake CKNR-FM-198.7 FM50 watts LP Query

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References

  1. ↑ CKNR radio station promotion piece, Blind River, Circa 1958
  2. ↑ Decision CRTC 86-205
  3. ↑ Decision CRTC 85-146
  4. ↑ Decision CRTC 90-676
  5. ↑ Decision CRTC 90-1111
  6. ↑ Decision CRTC 84-1030
  7. ↑ 730 CJNR technical information - fccdata.org
  8. ↑ 930 CKNS technical information - fccdata.org
  9. ↑ CRTC decision 1996-396
  10. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-114
  11. ↑ "Westerkirk Capital Acquires Vista and Haliburton Broadcast Groups" Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine . Broadcaster, April 26, 2012.
  12. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-577 Various radio programming undertakings – Acquisition of assets, CRTC, October 19, 2012
  13. ↑ CRTC decision 2007-330

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