CJKX-FM is a Canadian

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. Although its official city of licence is

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, the station operates from studios in

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with co-owned stations

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and CKGE-FM. Airing at 95.9 FM, the station broadcasts a

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format branded as ''KX96''.

History

The station was launched on November 21,

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as AM 1390 CHOO. The station was acquired in 1973 by Community Communications, and in 1977 by

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. In 1994, the station was acquired by its current owner, Durham Radio, and moved to its current FM frequency. In 1999, the station added a 5 kW

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(CJKX-FM-1) in

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, operating on 89.9 FM to cover the area that receives interference from first-adjacent CFJB-FM. In 2006, CJKX was approved by the

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to add a

(CJKX-FM-2) in downtown

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, to operate on 95.9 FM, the same frequency as the main station. That rebroadcaster's transmitter is located atop the

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. The CHOO callsign was formerly used at a station, ( now defunct) in

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from 2000 to 2002. The current "CHOO" callsign is now currently being used at a radio station

Drumheller Drumheller is a town on the Red Deer River in the badlands of east-central Alberta, Canada. It is northeast of Calgary and south of Stettler. The Drumheller portion of the Red Deer River valley, often referred to as Dinosaur Valley, has a ...

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, known today as CHOO-FM. Both of these stations that used the "CHOO" callsign have no relation to CJKX. On August 1, 2016, the CRTC denied Durham Radio Inc. (Durham)'s application to change the authorized contours of CJKX-FM-2. The applicant proposed to change the transmitter's class from A to B1 and increase the average effective radiated power (ERP) from 122 to 194 watts (maximum ERP from 220 to 800 watts).Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-305
CJKX-FM Ajax and its transmitter CJKX-FM-2 Toronto – Technical changes, ''CRTC'', August 1, 2016

References

External links

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