| Broadcast area | Hamilton, Ontario/Toronto, Ontario |
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| Branding | KX 94.7 |
| Slogan | #1 for Hot New Country! |
| Frequency | 94.7 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | September 2000 |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 40,000 watts |
| Class | C1 |
| Owner | Durham Radio Inc. |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | KX 94.7 |
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. 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, USA.
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CHKX-FM originally launched in September 2000 as CIWV-FM with a smooth jazz format by Burlingham Communications Inc., a company controlled by Douglas Kirk, the owner of CJKX 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.
On July 28, 2011, Durham Radio announced that CIWV-FM will flip to a country music format branded as "KX 94.7 New Country FM" on Monday, August 1, 2011. 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.
This puts the station in direct competition with 820 CHAM for the country music audience and also fills a void for an FM country station left when Country 95.3 changed formats, and will create a synergy with Durham Radio's Ajax station, KX 96. The demise of the smooth jazz format on CIWV/CHKX marks the end of the format in Canada's major markets; CIWV was the last major-market station in Canada to carry smooth jazz.
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