City of license | Kitchener, Ontario |
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Broadcast area | Waterloo Region |
Branding | 91-5 The Beat |
Slogan | "Hit Music Radio" |
Frequency | 91.5 MHz (FM) |
First air date | 2004 |
Format | contemporary hit radio |
ERP | 3,600 watts |
Class | B |
Callsign meaning | C Kitchener's BeaT |
Owner | Corus Entertainment |
Sister stations | CJDV-FM |
Website | 91.5 The Beat |
CKBT-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 91.5 FM in Kitchener, Ontario from the Global TV tower at 475 Ayr Road, near Paris. The station broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format branded as 91.5 The Beat.
The station was launched by CanWest Global in January 2004.[1] Studios are at 235 King Street East, Suite 120, Kitchener. Its morning DJs had been AJ and Adele, while afternoons were handled by Kwame and Big Mike. Mocha hosted the evening show. AJ was replaced by Edge, and Mocha replaced Kwame in the afternoons. Rob Daniels was then hired for the night show. Later, sometimes, Edge was replaced by Touch and Rob Daniels was replaced by Mr. D.
The station originally aired a rhythmic top 40 format (e.g. rap / hip hop, reggae, R&B), until switching to its current format on August 6, 2005.
In September 2006, Corus Entertainment, already owner of CJDV-FM in nearby Cambridge, announced it would buy CKBT and Winnipeg's CJZZ-FM (now CJGV-FM) from CanWest, subject to Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on July 6, 2007[2], and as of July 29, 2007, CKBT was officially made part of Corus Entertainment's radio properties. The station continues to lean rhythmic because of Orangeville station CIDC-FM (Z103.5) also covered in the area.
A year later, Corus reproduced the top 40 format on Barrie's CIQB-FM (which shifted from hot AC).
As of 2011, the rhythmic lean had pretty much faded away from the station, as it gave that lean to its CIDC-FM (Z103-5) rival. CKBT-FM is now beginning to sound similar to sister station CIQB-FM in Barrie.
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