CKYY-FM

CKYY-FM

Welland, Ontario Canada
Broadcast area	Niagara Region
Frequency	89.1 MHz
Branding	Niagara's New Country 89.1
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Niagara IceDogs, Niagara River Lions
Ownership
Owner	My Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	CIXL-FM
History
First air date	February 20, 2015 (2015-02-20)
Technical information
Class	A
ERP	564 watts average 3,100 watts peak horizontal & vertical polarization
HAAT	130.5 metres (428 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	country89.com

CKYY-FM (89.1 FM, "Niagara's New Country 89.1") is a radio station licensed to Welland, Ontario. Owned by My Broadcasting Corporation, it broadcasts a country music format serving Niagara Region.

Its studios and offices are located on Forks Road on the Port Colborne—Welland border. CKYY-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 564 watts average, with a peak of 3,100 watts. The tower has a height above average terrain (HAAT) of 130.5 meters (428 ft). ^[1] CKYY-FM uses a directional antenna to avoid its signal from interfering with stations in the U.S. The transmitter is located on Matthews Road in Welland .

History

The station's founders received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on June 26, 2014, to construct a new English-language commercial FM station. ^{[2] [3]} The station signed on the air on February 20, 2015. ^[4]

Previous logo

On May 10, 2019, Stingray Group announced its intent to acquire CKYY and CIXL-FM. ^[5] However, the sale fell through, and on August 5, 2022, R.B. Communications announced that it would instead sell CIXL and CKYY to My Broadcasting Corporation. ^[6] The sale was approved by the CRTC on September 20, 2022. ^[7]

References

1. FCCdata.org/CKYY
2. Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-663, Notice of hearing, CRTC, December 9, 2013
3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-345, English Language FM radio station in Welland, CRTC, June 26, 2014
4. Country 89.1 FM is on the air Archived 2015-02-25 at the Wayback Machine , Welland Tribune, February 20, 2015
5. "Friday's small-cap stocks to watch". The Globe and Mail. May 10, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
6. Connie Thiessen, "MBC to acquire GIANT FM and Country 89 Welland". Broadcast Dialogue, August 5, 2022.
7. "Administrative Decision CRTC L2022-45" (PDF). crtc.gc.ca. 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

External links

• Country 89
• CKYY-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CKYY-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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