CKBY-FM

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CKBY-FM
Broadcast area National Capital Region
Eastern Ontario
Western Quebec
Frequency 101.1 MHz
BrandingCountry 101.1
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations ABC News Radio
Toronto Blue Jays Radio Network
CBS Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner
CHEZ-FM, CISS-FM, CJET-FM
History
First air date
January 20, 1969 (as CJET-FM)
Former call signs
CJET-FM (1969-1970s, 2020-2023)
CKUE-FM (1970s-1986)
CHEQ-FM (1986-1993)
CFMO-FM (1993-2000)
CIOX-FM (2000-2004)
Technical information
Class C
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 141.5 meters (464 ft)
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website country1011.com

CKBY-FM (101.1 MHz, Country 101.1) is a commercial radio station licensed to Smiths Falls, Ontario, and serving the National Capital Region including Ottawa. It is owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media. From 2020 to 2023 it was branded as CityNews 101.1 with the call letters CJET-FM which simulcasted a News/Talk format with co-owned CIWW. On October 26, 2023, the CityNews branding and simulcast was terminated, CIWW went silent, and 101.1 reverted to its former call letters and Country format, which had been at 92.3 FM. [1]

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CKBY-FM has radio studios in Smiths Falls (as part of its license agreement), with auxiliary studios at the Rogers Ottawa cluster on Thurston Drive and Conroy Road.

CKBY-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the current maximum power for Canadian FM stations. The transmitter is on Ontario Highway 15 near Line Route 7 in Beckwith, Ontario. [2]

History

The station was launched at 101.1 MHz on January 20, 1969 as CJET-FM, a sister station to the AM radio station CJET. The station on 101.1 changed its callsign to CKUE-FM in the early 1970s.

In 1984, the stations were acquired by CHEZ-FM Inc., the owner of Ottawa's CHEZ. In 1986, CKUE-FM changed its callsign to CHEQ-FM, and adopted the Q101 brand. Q101 switched from its longtime adult contemporary format to country music in 1990, but the country format was financially unsuccessful.

In 1993, CHEZ acquired rights to the callsign and format of CFMO-FM, an easy listening station in Ottawa which CHUM Limited had converted to hot adult contemporary CKKL-FM.

In 1999, the CHEZ group of stations were acquired by Rogers Media. [3] On December 31 of that year, Rogers converted the station to a modern rock format and moved the station's studios into Ottawa, using the callsign CIOX-FM and the brand name Xfm. However, in 2001 the CRTC found that by operating CIOX as an Ottawa station, Rogers was in contravention of market concentration rules about the number of radio stations in a single market that can be owned by the same company. As a result, the CRTC ordered Rogers to return the station to Smiths Falls. [4]

In October 2003, the station stunted for the day as 101.1 Frank FM, playing pretty much anything. [5] [6]

On January 9, 2004, at Noon, the station adopted its current format when Rogers converted the former CKBY in Ottawa to the current CISS-FM. 101.1 became CKBY-FMY101, and 105.3 became CISS-FM a month later after the format change. On June 28, 2013, the station was rebranded as Country 101.1 as part of a standardization of Rogers' country stations. [7]

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On December 3, 2020, as part of a larger realignment of Rogers' Ottawa stations, the station flipped to news/talk as an FM simulcast of CIWW, with both stations also rebranded as CityNews Ottawa. [8] The country format moved to sister station CJET-FM 92.3, with the stations also swapping call signs. [9] This realignment was reversed on October 26, 2023, with CKBY-FM moving back to 101.1 and the CityNews format being discontinued. [1]

All-news programming

During its CityNews period, on weekdays, local all-news blocks were heard in morning and afternoon drive time. In middays, two local talk shows air: Rob Snow in late mornings and Sam Laprade in early afternoons. Their shows were repeated in the evening. Overnights featured the national all-news service shared with CFTR Toronto, CFFR Calgary and CKWX Vancouver. [10]

On weekends, all-news blocks were heard in the morning and overnight, with talk shows in the afternoon and CBS Sports Radio in the evening. ABC News Radio supplies reports on world and U.S. news. Toronto Blue Jays baseball games were carried. The Blue Jays, CKBY-FM and CIWW are all co-owned by Rogers Communications. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "CITY NEWS OTTAWA CEASES OPERATION; COUNTRY 92.3 RETURNS TO 101.1". Radio Insight. October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  2. ↑ FCCdata.org/CKBY-FM
  3. ↑ Decision CRTC 99-158
  4. ↑ Decision CRTC 2001-257
  5. ↑ 9. Canada Meets "Jack," "Bob" and "Dave" Scott Fybush, North East Radio Watch, Year in review 2003
  6. ↑ all eyes were on Rogers' CKBY-FM 105.3 Ottawa over the New Year holiday Scott Fybush, North East Radio Watch, January 5, 2004 Archived December 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Rogers Launches Canadian Country Brand". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  8. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "Rogers rebrands Ottawa news/talk in move to FM simulcast, scraps JACK FM". Broadcast Dialogue, December 3, 2020.
  9. ↑ ‘I’m saddened’: Loss of last Smiths Falls radio station silences local voice, Smiths Falls Record News, January 7, 2021 archived
  10. ↑ "Ottawa Radio Program Schedule".
  11. ↑ "Blue Jays Radio Network". MLB.com .

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