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Radio station in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
CKDQ
(
Real Country 910
) is a
radio station
in
Drumheller, Alberta
. Owned by
Stingray Group
, it broadcasts a
country
format. CKDQ is the only station in Canada which broadcasts on 910
AM
, a
Regional
broadcast frequency.
History
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The station began broadcasting in 1958 as
CJDV
, until it changed to its current
call sign
in 1981. It is a
Class B
station broadcasting with a power of 50,000
watts
, and using a two tower
directional antenna
daytime and a four tower directional antenna nighttime. The former
CJDV
callsign now belongs to a radio station in
Cambridge, Ontario
.
In 2016, the station became a
semi-satellite
of Camrose/Edmonton sister station
CFCW
, rebranding from
Q91
to
910 CFCW
; it carried a mix of CFCW and local programming. In October 2018, CKDQ rebranded as
Real Country 910
(adopting a brand used by other Newcap-owned country stations in Alberta).
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AM to FM
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On May 5, 2023, Stingray Radio Inc. submitted an application to convert CKDQ from the AM band to the FM band. If approved, the station would operate at 92.5 MHz (channel 223B) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 24,500 watts (directional antenna with a maximum ERP of 36,600 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain [EHAAT] of 39.4 metres).
[2]
The application was approved by the CRTC on February 9, 2024.
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References
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External links
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51°02′27″N
113°17′35″W
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51.04083°N 113.29306°W
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51.04083; -113.29306