CFLY-FM (98.3

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broadcasting in

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, and is owned by

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. It airs an

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branded as ''98.3 FLY FM''. The studios and offices are on Princess Street in Kingston. CFLY-FM is a Class C1 FM station. It has an

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(ERP) of 95,500

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. The station's line up includes ''Reid & Ben In The Morning'' on weekdays, Carly Kincaid on midday, Wendy Wright in the afternoons, and ''

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'' every night except Sundays. On the weekends CFLY carries ''

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History

CKLC-FM

The station

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the air in .''Broadcasting Yearbook 1977'' page C-247. Retrieved Dec. 31, 2024
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was CKLC-FM. It was owned by St. Lawrence Broadcasting with studios on Brock Street.

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CKLC

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was launched at the same time with the two stations

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ing their programming. CKLC-FM's original frequency was 99.5 MHz, and it was an

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until the network dissolved in 1962. CKLC-FM's original purpose in 1953 was to provide a reliable audio link for CKLC-AM, which broadcast from a four-

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on Wolfe Island. Equalized Bell Telephone broadcast lines were not reliable to Wolfe Island in that era so the FM signal carried the program feed of CKLC-AM, which was received at the AM transmitter site over the air, and re-broadcast on the 1380 AM signal.

CFLY-FM

Eventually, the Bell line problem was resolved, allowing CKLC-FM to develop its own separate programming, playing

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beautiful music. CKLC-FM moved to 98.3 in 1973. It changed its call letters to CFLY-FM in 1978. The stations were acquired by

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in 1998. Since the 1980s, CFLY has programmed some form of

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as ''FLY FM''. In 1998, the station moved to a

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format, and in 2001, moved back to a mainstream adult contemporary sound. In early 2007, the station returned to hot AC. On June 22, 2007, the stations were acquired by CTVglobemedia, now

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Move 98.3

On December 27, 2020, as part of a consolidation of Bell Media radio stations into national brands, CFLY rebranded as part of Bell's

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brand as ''Move 98.3'', with no change in format. The station ran without DJs for the first week of the format as the "Move" branding was introduced. The on-air staff returned on January 4, 2021. CFLY Move983

Sale to My Broadcasting, return to ''FLY FM''

On February 8, 2024, Bell announced a restructuring that included the sale of 45 of its 103 radio stations to seven buyers, subject to approval by the CRTC. This included CFLY, which was sold to

(MBC). The sale was approved by the CRTC on February 26, 2025. On March 24, 2025, CFLY dropped the ''Move'' branding and revived its previous ''FLY FM'' branding, with no change in format. On May 12th, 2025, CFLY picked up ''Liveline with Mason'', becoming the first affiliate station for the show in Canada.

References

External links

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