CFLG-FM (104.5

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) is a Canadian

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. The station airs a

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format branded as ''104.5 Fresh Radio''.

History

The station was launched in 1957 by the city's daily newspaper, the ''Cornwall Standard Freeholder'', with the call sign CKSF-FM. The newspaper also already owned AM sister station CKSF. Two years later, the stations were acquired by Stanley Shankman, the owner of CJSS-TV, and both changed their callsigns to CJSS as well. Two years later, Shenkman sold his broadcast holdings. The TV station was sold to

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, and the radio stations were sold to the local Émard family. The radio stations were subsequently acquired by Tri Co Broadcasting in 1978, and the station adopted its current callsign. CFLG originally aired a beautiful music format which has since been updated to the current AC sound. They are now owned by

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, who acquired CFLG, along with CJSS, in 2001.Decision CRTC 2001-703
/ref> The station had been branded as ''Variety 104''. On August 25, 2014, at 11 a.m., CFLG changed its branding to ''104.5 Fresh FM''. The first song on "Fresh" was " Hideaway" by Kiesza. On February 13, 2015, CFLG was rebranded as ''104.5 Fresh Radio'' to reflect all other Corus Radio owned "Fresh FM" stations. On April 1, 2016,

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was sold to

. It became a sister station to CFPL-FM,

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and other radio stations. In late 2021, competing station WYUL, which primarily targets the Cornwall and

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areas from across the American border, was sold to

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and switched from its longtime CHR/Top 40 format. As a result, in 2022, CFLG moved into more of an

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direction, and was moved to Mediabase’s Canada top 40 panel.

Former logo

References

External links

104.5 Fresh Radio

CFLG-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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