CKUL-FM

CKUL-FM

City of license	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Branding	Radio 96.5
Slogan	Halifax's New Music Mix
Frequency	96.5 MHz (FM)
First air date	August 30, 1990 as CIEZ-FM
Format	Adult album alternative
ERP	100,000 watts
Callsign meaning	C KUL (sounds like "Cool" for former branding)
Owner	Newcap Radio
Sister stations	CFRQ-FM
Website	www.radio965.com

CKUL-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 96.5 FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia. CKUL's studios are located on Kempt Road in Halifax, while its transmitter is located on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park. The station currently broadcasts an adult alternative/Triple A format branded as Radio 96.5. The station is owned by Newcap Radio which also owns sister station CFRQ-FM.

Prior to August 2013, CKUL-FM had a Classic hits format branded as 96.5 KOOL FM.

History

After receiving CRTC approval on March 5, 1990,^[1] the station first went on the air on August 30th of that year as "96.5 Sun FM", under the original call letters CIEZ-FM with what was originally a hybrid beautiful music and Country format. Shortly thereafter, the station became adult contemporary. In 2003, the station became adult hits, branded as "FM 96.5", and on November 1, 2004, the station rebranded as "96.5 Kool FM", and adopted its current call letters. The adult hits format evolved into classic hits over the years.

The station was operated for several years as a joint venture between Newcap Radio and CHUM Limited (later purchased by CTVglobemedia), as part of their five-station "Metro Radio Group" LMA, later disbanded by order of the CRTC. In 2007, both companies received approval to convert their remaining AM stations in the market, CFDR and CJCH respectively, to the FM band, which would give each company two wholly owned FM stations in the Halifax market, the maximum permitted under current CRTC regulations.

Newcap later acquired CTV's share of CKUL,^[2] while announcing the sale of CFDR to Rogers Radio, which became CFLT-FM.

On August 26, 2013, at Noon, after playing "Thank You for Being a Friend" by Andrew Gold, CKUL-FM flipped to AAA, branded as "Radio 96.5." The first song on "Radio" was "It's Time" by Imagine Dragons.^[3]

Former logo

Footnotes

External links

Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited (Newcap Radio)

Corporate directors	Harold R. Steele Michael MacDonald David Matheson Robert G. Steele Donald Warr

AM stations	CFCB CFCW CFGN CFNW CFSX CHCM CISL CJYQ CKCM CKDQ CKGA CKIM CKJR CKVO VOCM

FM stations	CFCV CFCW CFDL CFLC CFLN CFLW CFNN CFRK CFRQ CFXE CFXH CFXJ CFXL CFXW CHBM CHFT CHHI CHLG CHNI CHNO CHRK CHSL CHSP CHTN CHVO CIBQ CIGM CIGV CIHT CIJK CILB CILR CILV CIRK CIXF CIZZ CJEG CJMO CJPR CJXK CJXL CKBA CKCH CKGY CKKY CKIX CKKO CKMP CKQK CKRA CKSA CKSQ CKUL CKVH CKWB CKWY CKXD CKXG CKXX CKZZ VOCM

Television stations	CITL CKSA

Radio stations in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Stations	CKDU 88.1 CHNS 89.9 CBHA 90.5 CBAX 91.5 CBAF-5 92.3 CFLT 92.9 CJLU 93.9 CIRP 94.7 CJNI 95.7 CKUL 96.5 CKRH 98.5 NEW 99.1 CHSB 99.3 CIOO 100.1 CJCH 101.3 CHFX 101.9 CBH 102.7 CKHZ 103.5 CFRQ 104.3 CKHY 105.1 CFEP 105.9 CHCN 106.9

Defunct	CKBG 107.3 CIRH 107.7

Nova Scotia radio markets Cape Breton Halifax See also List of radio stations in Nova Scotia

Coordinates: 44°38′47″N 63°39′37″W / 44.64639°N 63.66028°W / 44.64639; -63.66028

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