CJXY-FM is a Canadian radio station , broadcasting at 107.9 FM and serving the Hamilton , Ontario market, licensed to the suburb of Burlington . The station broadcasts an alternative -leaning active rock format as Y108 . CJXY's studios are located on Main Street West (next to Highway 403 ) in Hamilton, while its transmitter is located atop the Niagara Escarpment near Burlington .

History [ edit ]

The station was originally launched in 1948 as 94.1 CHML-FM , a simulcast of AM station CHML . The simulcast was subsequently dropped in the 1950s, leaving the station silent. The owners relaunched the FM signal on 95.3 in 1964, with distinct programming from its AM sister station . In 1967, the station adopted the new callsign CKDS-FM , in honour of company founder Kenneth D. Soble, who had died in 1966.

In 1974, CHML and CKDS-FM were purchased by ML Radio, a division of what was to become Western International Communications . On September 1, 1991, CKDS-FM dropped its long-time adult contemporary / easy listening format, and adopted the CJXY callsign and a classic rock format as Y95 .

In 2000, CHML and CJXY were acquired by Corus Entertainment . On August 31, 2001, CJXY swapped frequencies with Corus' CING-FM , taking over CING's former 107.9 frequency; at the same time, it changed its moniker to the current Y108 .

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Y108
• CJXY-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CJXY-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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