CFQK-FM

CFQK-FM
City	Kaministiquia, Ontario
Broadcast area	Thunder Bay, Ontario
Branding	Energy 103 & 104
Frequency	104.5 MHz (FM)
First air date	2002
Format	hot adult contemporary
Owner	Northwest Broadcasting (Dougall Media)
Website	energyfm.fm

CFQK-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 104.5 FM in Kaministiquia, Ontario. The station airs a hot adult contemporary music format as Energy FM.

The station also broadcasts on 103.5 FM in Shuniah, with the callsign CKED-FM.

History

On September 15, 2000, Joel Virtanen, on behalf of Northwest Broadcasting, received approval by the CRTC to operate a new FM radio station to broadcast at 104.5 MHz in Kaministiquia.^[1]

CFQK began broadcasting in 2001 or 2002,^[2] and added the CKED rebroadcastter later in 2003.^[3] ^[4] Both frequencies are low-power transmitters with partial audience reach into the nearby city of Thunder Bay.

On June 10, 2005, the CRTC denied an application by Dougall Media to acquire the station.^[5]

Since CFQK-FM signed on in 2002, the station has gone through a number of short-lived formats such as hot ac/oldies "Max 104.5", country music "Cottage Country 104",^[6] and adult hits "Larry FM". In mid-2005, the station dropped the adult hits "Larry FM" format and switched to a hot adult contemporary format known as "103.5, 104.5 HOT-FM".^[7] Earlier that same year, an unrelated radio station CKTG-FM in Thunder Bay dropped its "Hot 105.3" Hot AC/CHR format to classic rock.

In May 2008, CFQK-FM and its repeater CKED-FM once again changed formats this time to a country music format, known as "103.5 The Thunder".

In April 2010, the station applied to increase the effective radiated power for CFQK-FM Kaministiquia from 50 watts to 250 watts and its repeater CKED-FM Shuniah from 10 watts to 250 watts. This application was denied by the CRTC on October 15, 2010.^[8]

On June 13, 2014, CFQK-FM and CKED-FM dropped the Thunder Country format and switched to a hot adult contemporary format as Energy FM.

References

↑ Decision CRTC 2000-387
↑ Broadcasting News-September 2001 - northpine.com Ontario archives
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-380
↑ Broadcasting News-June 2003 - northpine.com Ontario archives
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-241
↑ Broadcasting News-November 2004 - northpine.com Ontario archives
↑ Broadcasting News-May 2005 - northpine.com Ontario archives
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-763

External links

Radio stations in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

Thunder Bay	CBQT 88.3 CBON-20 89.3 CKSI 90.5 CKPR 91.5 CJSD 94.3 CJOA 95.1 CITB 97.1 CJTL-1 98.1 CJUK 99.9 CBQ 101.7 CILU 102.7 CKTG 105.3

Armstrong	CBQT-2 91.3 FM

Greenstone	Beardmore CBLE 1240 Geraldton CBLG 89.1 CBON-22 93.7 CHGS 94.7 CFNO-4 100.7 Longlac CFNO-5 107.1 Nakina CBLN 1240 CKTE 89.9 CFNO-7 107.1

Kaministiquia	CFQK 104.5

Manitouwadge	CBEB 89.7 CBON-23 96.9

Marathon	CBLM 1090 CFNO 93.1 CBON-29 102.3

Nipigon	CBON-19 97.3 CBQY 98.9 CFNO-1 100.7

Pigeon River	CIPR 97.3

Savant Lake	CBQL 104.9

Schreiber	CBLB 1340

Shuniah	CKED 103.5

Terrace Bay	CBEH 1010

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Coordinates: 48°30′27″N 89°27′28″W / 48.50750°N 89.45778°W / 48.50750; -89.45778

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