CKUE-FM

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CKUE-FM
City of license	Chatham-Kent, Ontario
Broadcast area	Chatham-Kent, Essex County/Windsor, Ontario
Branding	95.1 & 100.7 LiteFM
Slogan	Windsor/Chatham-Kent's New Home for Lite Favourites
Frequency	95.1/100.7 (MHz)
Translator(s)	100.7 CKUE-FM-1
First air date	October 6, 1999 on 94.3 FM
Format	Soft adult contemporary
ERP	42,000 watts (CKUE-FM) 3,840 watts (CKUE-FM-1)
Class	B
Owner	Blackburn Radio
Webcast	Lite FM: Listen Live
Website	Official website

CKUE-FM is a radio station located in Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Owned by Blackburn Radio, the station broadcasts a soft adult contemporary format under the name 95.1/100.7 Lite FM. The station broadcasts on 95.1 MHz, and operates a rebroadcaster serving the nearby Windsor market, CKUE-FM-1, on 100.7 MHz. Until 2014, the station broadcast an active rock format, before flipping to soft AC due to increased competition from Detroit's rock stations.

CKUE's main signal is broadcast from a tower a few kilometers west of the community of Chatham, Ontario with an effective radiated power of 42,000 watts.

History

As The Rock

CKUE's former logo as The Rock, used in variations since 2002

The station began operations on October 6, 1999 under the ownership of Bea-Ver Communications, broadcasting an active rock station on 94.3 FM.^[1] On May 4, 2002, CKUE switched frequencies with its sister station CKSY to obtain its current frequency of 95.1 FM.

CKUE began operating a rebroadcaster serving the nearby Windsor market, CKUE-FM-1, in March 2004.^[2] In 2005, Blackburn Radio acquired CKUE along with sister station CKSY. In September 2006, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved an application by Blackburn to move the Windsor signal from 95.1 to 100.7 MHz. This change allowed the Windsor and Chatham transmitters to increase their transmitter power.^[3] ^[4]

During the 2004-2005, and 2005-2006 seasons of the Ontario Hockey League, 95.1 provided live coverage of Windsor Spitfires games, with Shadd Dales on play-by-play and Brendan McGuire on colour. They returned to CKLW in 2006.

As LiteFM

On January 30, 2014, CKUE-FM flipped from rock to a soft adult contemporary format branded as LiteFM. Station management cited increased competition from Detroit-based stations as reasoning for the change. CKUE's former website of CanadasRock.ca still runs the previous active rock format as an internet radio station.^[5]

References

↑ Decision CRTC 99-443
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-603
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-500
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-563
↑ "‘The Rock’ Radio Station Changing To ‘LiteFM’". Windsorite.ca. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

External links

v t e Radio stations in Southwestern Ontario (excluding American stations)

Essex County	Windsor CKWW 580 CKLW 800 CBEF 1550 CIMX 88.7 CBE 89.9 CIDR 93.9 CJWF 95.9 CBEW 97.5 CJAM 99.1 CKUE-1 100.7 CINA 102.3 CJBC-1 103.9 CBEF-2 105.5 Leamington CBEW-FM-1 91.9 CJSP 92.7 CHYR 96.7 CBEF-1 103.1 VAZ533 162.475 Point Pelee National Park CJPP 90.7

Chatham-Kent	Chatham CFCO 630 AM & 92.9 FM CBEE 88.1 CKGW 89.3 CKSY 94.3 CKUE 95.1 CKXS 99.1 CKBK 104.3

Lambton County	Kettle Point CKTI 107.7 Sarnia CHOK 1070 AM & 103.9 FM CBEG 90.3 CFGX 99.9 CKCI 103.3 CHKS 106.3 XJV492 162.400 Walpole Island CFRZ 98.3

Weatheradio Canada	XJV492 162.400 (Sarnia-Oil Springs) VAZ533 162.475 (Windsor-Leamington)

Internet radio	Canada's Rock

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Coordinates: 42°26′14″N 82°06′22″W / 42.43722°N 82.10611°W / 42.43722; -82.10611

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