CKQR-FM

CKQR-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts an active rock format at 99.3 FM in Castlegar, British Columbia. The station is branded as Mountain FM and is owned by the Vista Broadcast Group.

History

The station originally began broadcasting at 1230 AM in the 1960s and 70s, then moved to 760 AM in 1984 ^[1] until it moved to its current frequency in 1998.^[2]

CKGF began broadcasting on AM 1340 kHz in 1969 and moved to FM in the 1980s.

In 1993, CKQR began simulcasting some of its programming on CKGF Grand Forks. On December 16, later that same year, CKQR was given approval to add an FM transmitter at Nelson, operating on 103.5 MHz, with an effective radiated power of 84 watts. The rebroadcaster in Nelson signed on the following year.^[3]

On February 3, 2005, the CRTC approved the application by Valley Broadcasters Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language FM commercial radio programming undertaking in Nelson. The new station would operate at 103.5 MHz (channel 278A1) with an average effective radiated power of 104 watts, and would have a transmitter in Crawford Bay operating at 91.9 MHz (channel 220LP) with an ERP of 40 watts. The new station in Nelson would replace CHNV-FM, a transmitter of CKQR-FM Castlegar, also owned by Valley.^[4]

At midnight on June 11, 2010, CHNV-FM in Nelson ceased being a rebroadcaster of CKQR-FM and moved to its own programming. It was still branded as Mountain FM and continues to have its current active rock format.

Rebroadcasters

See also

• CKGF-FM

References

External links

• Mountain FM
• CKQR History at Canadian Communications Foundation
• CKGF-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKQR-FM

Coordinates: 49°18′54″N 117°37′31″W / 49.31500°N 117.62528°W / 49.31500; -117.62528