CJXY-FM

CJXY-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 107.9 FM and serving the Hamilton, Ontario market, but licensed to the nearby city of Burlington. The station broadcasts a mainstream rock format as Y108. Its signal can be heard as far north as Toronto and Vaughan and as far south as St. Catharines. In the United States, Y108 can be received in Buffalo and Erie, Pennsylvania with relative ease.

History

The station was originally launched in 1948 as FM 94.1 CHML, a simulcast of AM station CHML. The simulcast was subsequently dropped in the 1950s, leaving the station silent. The owners relaunched the FM signal on the 95.3 frequency in 1964, with distinct programming from its AM sister station. In 1967 the station adopted the new callsign CKDS, in honour of company founder Kenneth D. Soble who had died in 1966.

In 1974, CHML and CKDS were purchased by ML Radio, a division of what was to become Western International Communications. In 1991, CKDS adopted the CJXY callsign and a rock music format as Y95.3.

In 2000, CHML and CJXY were acquired by Corus Entertainment. The following year, CJXY swapped frequencies with Corus' CING, taking over CING's former 107.9 frequency; at the same time it changed its moniker to Y108.

Y108 had old-time CFNY host Alan Cross as program director until 2004, when he returned to CFNY. Jim McCourtie is currently CJXY's program director. Recently, CJXY has changed to a more modern rock format with a substantial increase in new rock in its playlists. Y108 also regularly plays Foo Fighters, Nickelback, Oasis, The Trews, The Tragically Hip, Offspring and Smashing Pumpkins with some classic rock acts including Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Ozzy Osbourne. Big Kris (formely of Fm 96 Kingston) and Barry Taylor (formely of 102.1 the Edge) have also recently joined CJXY as on-air personalities.

External links

• Y108
• CJXY history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CJXY-FM