CKOV-FM

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CKOV-FM
CKOV-FM OV103.9 Logo 2024.webp
Broadcast area Okanagan Valley
Frequency 103.9 MHz (FM)
BrandingOV 103.9
Programming
Format Oldies
Ownership
Owner Jim Pattison Group
CKLZ-FM, CKQQ-FM
History
First air date
September 29, 2008
Former call signs
CJUI-FM (2008–2018)
CKOO-FM (2018–2020)
Call sign meaning
C Kelowna Okanagan Valley
Technical information
Class C
ERP 17,300 watts
HAAT −90 meters (−300 ft)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website ov1039.ca

CKOV-FM (103.9 FM, OV 103.9) is a radio station in Kelowna, British Columbia. Owned by Jim Pattison Group, it broadcasts an oldies format focused primarily on music from the 1970's.

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History

On March 14, 2008, the CRTC approved in part an application by Vista Broadcast Group for a new FM station to serve Kelowna with an adult hits format. [1] However, the applied for frequency of 96.1 MHz, with an average effective radiated power of 19,900 watts was rejected by the commission as unacceptable, due to approval of another FM station application by Sun Country Cablevision to use 96.3 MHz. Vista subsequently re-filed its application for a new frequency and on August 7 of the same year, the Commission approved the use of 103.9 MHz with an average ERP of 5,200 watts. The station officially launched on September 9, 2008, as CJUI-FM103.9 The Juice.

Former logo used before February 14, 2014 1039thejuice logo.jpg
Former logo used before February 14, 2014

On January 31, 2013, the CRTC approved Vista's application to increase CJUI's effective radiated power (ERP) from 5,200 to 17,300 watts (maximum ERP from 10,000 to 36,800 watts), by decreasing the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 506 to -90 metres, by relocating the transmitter site and by changing the class from C1 to C. [2]

Avenue Radio ownership

In October 2017, the CRTC approved a deal for Vista to sell CJUI to Avenue Radio Ltd., a company owned by Nicholas J. Frost— founder of the local news website Castanet and former owner of CILK-FM. Avenue planned to move the station to a new facility shared with the website on Lawrence Avenue in Kelowna, and planned to increase the station's coverage of local news in the Okanagan region. [3] [4] [5]

On November 1, 2017, CJUI flipped to an oldies format branded as Okanagan Oldies 103.9. In January 2018, its call letters were changed to CKOO-FM to reflect the new branding. [6] On January 2, 2019, CKOO flipped to soft adult contemporary as Soft 103.9. [7]

In April 2019, Castanet announced its sale to Glacier Media. The sale was initially stated to have included CKOO-FM, [8] [9] but Frost and Avenue Radio ultimately retained the station via his company Early Frost Investments. [10]

Bankruptcy, Radius Holdings ownership

Former logo as 103.9 The Lake CKOV-FM 103.9 The Lake Logo.png
Former logo as 103.9 The Lake

On March 31, 2020, Avenue Radio Ltd. filed for bankruptcy, and CKOO-FM went dark shortly afterwards. [11] [12] Following the shutdown, trustee Grant Thornton sought a new owner for the station's assets. In June 2020, it approved a bid by veteran broadcaster Paul Larsen (one of the former owners of Clear Sky Radio) [13] to acquire the station. [10]

Jim Pattison Broadcast Group and Stingray Radio filed interventions against the proposed sale, alleging that the station's license was abandoned by Avenue Radio, and that Larsen was therefore undermining the CRTC's competitive licensing process (which would require an evaluation of whether the Kelowna market can sustain a new radio station, and a call for competing applicants). The CRTC ruled that the license was still valid, citing that the trustee had made a good faith effort to seek a new operator, and had not requested the revocation of the license. The CRTC approved the sale of CKOO-FM to Larsen (via licensee Radius Holdings) in November 2020. [10]

On March 26, 2021, the station officially returned to air and relaunched as 103.9 The Lake, and adopted the heritage callsign CKOV-FM (previously used by what is now CKMR-FM/Strathmore, [14] and locally by what is now CKQQ-FM). [15] The station promoted itself as a soft rock station featuring music from the 1970s through the 2000s. [15]

Pattison Media ownership

In August 2023, the Jim Pattison Group announced its intent to acquire the station. [16]

The sale was completed on April 1, 2024. [17] The next day, CKOV-FM flipped back to oldies now branded as OV 103.9; the station's format focuses primarily on music from the 1970s, and to a lesser extent, the 1960s. [17] The sale also made CKOV-FM a sister station to the original CKOV, now CKQQ. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-164, Use of frequency 103.9 MHz by the new station in Kelowna, CRTC, August 7, 2008
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-34, CJUI-FM Kelowna – Technical changes, CRTC, January 31, 2013
  3. ↑ "CJUI-FM Kelowna – Acquisition of assets". CRTC. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  4. ↑ "Castanet buys Juice FM". Castanet. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  5. ↑ "Castanet Media, which operates Kelowna news website castanet.net, has struck a deal with Vista Radio". Broadcast Dialogue. 2017-07-06. Archived from the original on 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  6. ↑ Government of Canada, Public Works and Government Services Canada (2018-02-03). "Canada Gazette – COMMISSIONS". canadagazette.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  7. ↑ "Oldies goes SOFT". Castanet.net. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  8. ↑ "Castanet sold to Canadian media group". KelownaNow. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  9. ↑ Thiessen, Connie (2019-04-05). "Glacier Media sells interest in Fundata, acquires Kelowna's Castanet". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  10. 1 2 3 "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-383". CRTC. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  11. ↑ Thiessen, Connie (2020-04-01). "Kelowna's Soft 103.9 first Canadian radio casualty of COVID-19". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  12. ↑ "Kelowna radio station to go dark Friday". InfoNews.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  13. ↑ "CKOV-FM Strathmore – Acquisition of assets". CRTC. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  14. ↑ "CRTC Radio Ownership - Update – 2021-03-02" (PDF). CRTC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  15. 1 2 3 "Radio station CKOV returns to Kelowna". INFOnews. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  16. ↑ Thiessen, Connie (2023-08-30). "Pattison Media to acquire Kelowna's 103.9 The Lake". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  17. 1 2 Thiessen, Connie (2024-04-02). "Pattison unveils '70s format on rebranded 'OV 103-9' in Kelowna". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-04-18.

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