CIKZ-FM (106.7

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) is a

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in Kitchener,

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. The station airs a

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format branded as ''Country 106.7'' and is owned by

Rogers Sports & Media Rogers Media Inc., operating as Rogers Sports & Media, is a Canadian subsidiary of Rogers Communications that owns the company's mass media and sports properties, such as the Citytv and Omni Television terrestrial television stations, Sportsnet, ...

, which also owns sister stations

CHYM-FM CHYM-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 96.7 FM in Kitchener, Ontario. The station currently airs an adult contemporary format using its on-air brand name as ''CHYM 96.7'' and is owned by Rogers Sports & Media. CHYM's studios ar ...

and

CKGL CKGL (570 AM broadcasting, AM) is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 570 AM broadcasting, AM in Kitchener, Ontario. The station currently broadcasts a all-news radio, news/talk radio, talk format branded on-air as ''CityNews 570''. The ...

. CIKZ's studios are at The Boardwalk in Kitchener. CIKZ-FM has an

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(ERP) of 1,700

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s (5,000 watts maximum). The

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is on Wilby Road near Wilmot Line in

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History

CIKZ was licensed to

Larche Communications Larche Communications was a Canadian media company, which operated four radio stations in the province of Ontario. The company was named for its president, Paul Larche. Based in Midland, Ontario, Midland, the company began in 1997 when it acquired ...

, the station's original owner, by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission in 2003. It began broadcasting on February 6, 2004 at 99.5 FM. However, the station later changed to 106.7 FM in 2005, due to interference from

WDCX-FM WDCX-FM (99.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Buffalo, New York. The station airs a brokered religious radio format. WDCX-FM is owned by Kimtron, Inc., a division of Crawford Broadcasting. Its studios are located in the Allentown ...

in Buffalo. On June 4, 2007, Larche announced a deal to sell CIKZ to Rogers in exchange for CICX-FM in

Orillia Orillia is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is in Simcoe County between Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe. Although it is geographically located within Simcoe County, the city is a single-tier municipality. It is part of the Huronia region of ...

. The deal, which was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on December 24, 2007, placed CIKZ in its Kitchener cluster, along with Rogers' existing

and

. On January 28, 2008, the station modified its on-air identity to reflect the new ownership. This included some of the on-air personalities and its web site, as well as the adjustment of its branding and logo from ''KICX'' (the spelling used by Larche) to ''KIX''. Shortly thereafter,

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moved the station's studios, previously in Waterloo, to the Rogers facility in downtown Kitchener. On May 30, 2013, the station was rebranded as ''Country 106.7'', as part of Rogers' rebranding of its

-formatted stations to a unified brand. Other than the branding change, no format or staff changes are expected.Radio Insight: "Rogers Launches Canadian Country Brand", July 3, 2013.
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Country 106.7
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