CKQR-FM

Broadcast area Kootenays
Branding The GOAT
Slogan Castlegar's World Class Rock
Format Classic rock
ERP 333 watts average
656 watts peak
horizontal polarization only
HAAT −366.5 meters (−1,202 ft)
Class A
Callsign meaning Central Kootenay Quality Radio
Owner Vista Broadcast Group
(Vista Radio)
Sister stations CHNV-FM
Webcast Listen live
Website The GOAT Kootenay

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

History

The station originally signed on September 22, 1969 and began broadcasting at 1230 AM in the 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.

On June 19, 2014, Mountain FM was rebranded as The GOAT.

At 1 pm on March 10th, 2016, CKGF-FM in Grand Forks ceased being a rebroadcaster of CKQR-FM and moved to its own programming. It was branded as Juice FM and operates under a variety hits format. 93.3 FM in Christina Lake, 96.7 FM in Greenwood, and 103.7 FM in Rock Creek also flipped to rebroadcast CKGF-FM.

Rebroadcasters

Rebroadcasters of CKQR-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency RECNet CRTC Decision
Trail CHRT-FM 104.1 Query

See also

References

  1. ↑ Decision CRTC 84-1014
  2. ↑ Decision CRTC 98-75
  3. ↑ Decision CRTC 93-749
  4. ↑ Decision CRTC 2005-40

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

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