Broadcast area | Truro |
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Frequency | 99.5 MHz (FM) |
Branding | Pure Country 99.5 |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
Ownership | |
Owner | Bell Media Pending sale to Maritime Broadcasting System [1] |
CKTO-FM | |
History | |
First air date | September 10, 1947 as CKCL |
Former frequencies | 1400 kHz (AM) (1947-1956) 600 kHz (1956-2001) |
Call sign meaning | C(K)at CounTrY (former branding) |
Technical information | |
Class | B |
ERP | 16,750 watts |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | iheartradio.ca/purecountry/nova-scotia |
CKTY-FM (99.5 MHz) is a radio station in Truro, Nova Scotia. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a country format branded as Pure Country 99.5.
The station has been on the air since September 10, 1947. It originally broadcast at 1400 AM as CKCL then to 600 in 1956, and received CRTC approval to move to 99.5 FM in 2001 after shutting down the AM 600 frequency. [2]
CKTY was formerly the callsign of a now-defunct AM radio station in Sarnia, Ontario, which moved to the FM dial and is now CHKS-FM. CKCL was also a former callsign of a radio station in Toronto, Ontario in the 1920s. [3]
On July 5, 2013, it and CKTO-FM were acquired by Bell Media as part of their acquisition of Astral Media. On May 28, 2019, the station was renamed Pure Country 99.5 as part of a nationwide rebranding of all Bell Media country stations. [4]
On February 8, 2024, Bell announced a restructuring that included the sale of 45 of its 103 radio stations to seven buyers, subject to approval by the CRTC, including CKTY, which is to be sold to the Maritime Broadcasting System. [5]
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