CHKX-FM

CHKX-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 94.7 FM from Hamilton, Ontario and licensed to "Hamilton/Burlington". The station airs a country music format branded as KX 94.7. CHKX's studios are located on Upper Wellington Street in Hamilton, while their transmitter is located atop the Niagara Escarpment near Stoney Creek.

CHKX-FM
CityHamilton, Ontario
Broadcast areaGolden Horseshoe
Frequency94.7 MHz (FM) (HD Radio)
BrandingKX 94.7
Slogan#1 For Hot New Country!
Programming
FormatCountry
HD2: Smooth Jazz
HD3: CHTG simulcast
Ownership
OwnerDurham Radio Inc.
CJKX-FM, CHTG, CKDO, CKGE-FM
History
First air date
September 1, 2000
Former call signs
CIWV-FM (2000-2011)
Call sign meaning
C Hamilton's KX (City of license and sister station/branding of both stations)
Technical information
ClassC1
ERP40,000 watts average
100,000 watts peak
HAAT139.9 meters (459 ft)
Links
Websitekx947.fm

The station cannot be reliably heard in most of the Niagara Region due to the presence of adjacent-channel interference from WNED-FM, a classical music station in Buffalo, New York.

History

Wave 94.7
Wave 94.7 Logo 2000-2011

CHKX-FM originally launched on September 1, 2000 as CIWV-FM with a smooth jazz format by Burlingham Communications Inc., a company controlled by Douglas Kirk, the owner of CJKX-FM in Ajax. Local radio consultant Rae Roe initially owned a small interest in the company. Roe sold his interest in the station in early 2001.

In 2007, the station applied to add new transmitters in Meaford,[1] Peterborough [2] and Ottawa, Ontario.[3] All applications were denied by the CRTC.

CHKX-FM Hamilton has gone through several technical changes and more than doubled its power in November 2009.[4][5][6][7]

On September 1, 2007 Burlingham Communications Inc merged with Durham Radio Inc., an Oshawa, Ontario based company also controlled by Douglas Kirk. The new merged entity continued operations under the Durham Radio banner.

KX 94.7
Current HD2 format

On July 28, 2011, Durham Radio announced that CIWV-FM will flip to a country music format, branded as KX 94.7 on Monday, August 1, 2011, at 5:30 AM. Nevertheless, Wave 94.7 wasn't entirely put to rest, as the smooth jazz format continued on a 24-hour webcast at the Wave.FM website.[8] It also changed call sign adopting the call letters CHKX-FM. The station launched with morning show hosts Toff & Melissa, with the first song being "Come on Over" by Shania Twain.

In December 2015, the CRTC granted approval for CHKX to utilize HD Radio services. Wave.FM would return to the airwaves as a digital subchannel on 94.7-HD2 for listeners in the Hamilton area.[9]

References
  1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-392
  2. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-406
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-407
  4. Increase in power for CIWV-FM Hamilton/Burlington Decision CRTC 2001-496
  5. Hamilton - Technical change Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-507
  6. Hamilton - Technical change Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-575
  7. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-350
  8. 94.7 CIWV Hamilton, ON To Flip To Country, Radio Insight, July 28, 2011
  9. http://hdradio.com/canada/find-hd-radio-canadian-station

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