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Radio station in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
CKHY-FM
is a radio station in
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
. Owned by
Acadia Broadcasting
, it broadcasts an
active rock
format branded as
Surge 105
. CKHY's studios are located on Main Street in
Dartmouth
, while its
transmitter
is located on Washmill Lake Drive in
Clayton Park
.
History
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The station received
CRTC
approval on October 7, 2009
[1]
and officially launched on October 1, 2010, as
Live 105
, under the ownership of
Evanov Radio Group
. The station had been airing a
modern rock
format since its inception. In 2016, the station shifted to
active rock
and adopted a new slogan "Halifax's Best Rock" but kept the "Live" branding. On August 10, 2018, the station rebranded to
Rock 105.1
and began to include more
classic rock
and
hard rock
music to its playlist eventually moving towards a
mainstream rock
format to more effectively compete with
Stingray
's
heritage rock
radio station
CFRQ-FM
.
[2]
On January 15, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., CKHY abruptly flipped to
soft adult contemporary
and rebranded to
Jewel 105
, launching with the
adult standards
/
smooth jazz
show
The Lounge
(an evening program on all of Evanov's Jewel-branded stations), and adding the
John Tesh
Radio Show
at middays. The move pre-empted an announced switch to the same format by rival station
CKUL-FM
, which launched two days later on January 17.
[3]
[4]
In July 2020, Evanov announced the sale of its Halifax stations to
Acadia Broadcasting
. The sale received CRTC approval on April 26, 2021.
[5]
[6]
On July 19, 2021, Acadia dropped the
Jewel
format and returned to active rock as
Surge 105
.
[7]
References
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- ^
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-631
, Licensing of new radio stations in Halifax, CRTC, October 7, 2009
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Thiessen, Connie (August 16, 2018).
"Evanov rebrands Live 105 Halifax in move to take on Newcap's Q104"
.
Broadcast Dialogue
. Retrieved
January 16,
2019
.
- ^
Thiessen, Connie (January 16, 2019).
"Evanov preemptively flips Halifax's Rock 105 to The Jewel"
.
Broadcast Dialogue
. Retrieved
January 16,
2019
.
- ^
"CKHY/Halifax Flips To Soft AC 'The Jewel'
"
.
All Access
. Retrieved
January 27,
2019
.
- ^
"Acadia Broadcasting Looks To Acquire Halifax Stations"
.
CKBW
. Retrieved
May 6,
2021
.
- ^
"CKHY-FM and CKHZ-FM Halifax ? Acquisition of assets and licence amendments"
. April 26, 2021.
- ^
Staff, Huddle (2021-07-19).
"New Station Brings Modern Rock Radio Back To Halifax"
.
Huddle.Today
. Retrieved
2022-05-31
.
External links
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