CKYY-FM (89.1

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) is a

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Welland, Ontario Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada. As of 2021, it had a population of 55,750. The city is in the centre of Niagara and located within a half-hour driving distance to Niagara Falls, Niagara-on ...

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, serving the

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. It is owned by Wellport Broadcasting, a subsidiary of R.B. Communications. It airs a

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and calls itself ''Country 89''. The

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s and offices for CKYY-FM and

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CIXL-FM CIXL-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting in Welland, Ontario. It uses the on-air brand name ''91.7 Giant FM'', and broadcasts a classic rock format at 91.7 MHz. It is one of the few commercial FM radio stations on its frequency that can ...

are on Forks Road on the

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- Welland border. CKYY-FM has an

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(ERP) of 564

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average, with a peak of 3,100 watts. The

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has a

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(HAAT) of . CKYY-FM uses a

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to avoid its signal from interfering with stations in the U.S. The

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is located on Matthews Road in Wellan

History

The station's founders received approval from the

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(CRTC) on June 26, 2014, to construct a new English-language commercial FM station. The station

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the air on February 20, 2015. On May 10, 2019,

Stingray Group Stingray Group Inc. (formerly Stingray Digital and Stingray Digital Group) is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company based in Montreal, Quebec, with offices in the United States, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, ...

announced its intention to purchase R.B. Communications' two stations in Welland. The sale has since fallen through. Wellport/RB Communications remain sole owners, for the time being. In 2022, Wellport announced a new deal to sell CIXL and CKYY to

My Broadcasting Corporation My Broadcasting Corporation is a Canadian broadcasting company founded in 2004 by Jon Pole and Andrew Dickson. Based in Renfrew, Ontario, the company operates a number of radio stations in small to medium sized markets in Ontario. All of its stati ...

. On September 20, 2022, the CRTC approved the change of ownership from R.B. Communications Ltd. to My Broadcasting Corporation.

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