CKBT-FM

CKBT-FM
City of license Kitchener, Ontario
Broadcast area Waterloo Region
Branding Ninety-One-Five - 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
(Corus Radio)
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. The station broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format branded as 91.5 The Beat, with offices in Kitchener.

History

The station was launched by CanWest Global in January 2004.[1] The original studios were at 235 King Street East, Suite 120, Kitchener.

91.5 The Beat logo used from 2004 - 2007

The station originally aired a rhythmic top 40 format (e.g. hip hop, reggae and R&B), until switching to its current format in 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.

On August 14, 2009, CKBT moved into a new broadcast facility with brother station CJDV-FM at 50 Sportsworld Crossing Road, Kitchener.

Current programming

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-152
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-215

External links

Coordinates: 43°15′39″N 80°26′38″W / 43.26083°N 80.44389°W