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Radio station in Truro, 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
.
History
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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]
References
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External links
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45°33′16″N
63°13′23″W
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45.55444°N 63.22306°W
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45.55444; -63.22306