CKRU-FM (100.5

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) is a

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, Canada. It broadcasts a

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. CKRU-FM is owned by

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and is branded as ''100.5

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''.

History

The station

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the air in 1942. The

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was CHEX and it was an AM station at 1430

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. It is Peterborough's oldest radio station. In 1959, it added a television station,

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on Channel 12. CHEX moved to 980 kHz in 1958. The station was an

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until 1962. In 1968, an FM station was added at 101.5, which today is

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. CHEX became CKRU in 1992. The CHEX call letters remain with Channel 12, which had separate ownership at the time.

Switch to FM

On October 11, 2007, CKRU applied to the

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(CRTC) to convert to the FM band. On May 8, 2008, CKRU was given approval to convert to the FM band at 96.7 MHz, however, Pineridge Broadcasting, who owns

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and

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, had selected the 96.7 FM frequency for a new

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station (

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). As a result, CKRU had to then do research to find another FM frequency, and applied to broadcast at 100.5 FM. This application to convert CKRU from 980 AM to 100.5 FM was approved on December 1, 2008. On December 23, 2008, the licensee proposed to change the authorized contours by decreasing the average effective radiated power from 50,000 watts to 7,500 watts. On June 15, 2009, CKRU launched its new signal on 100.5 FM. The new programming on 100.5 FM was simulcast on the old AM 980 signal until it was shut down on September 28, 2009. CKRU was Peterborough's first and last AM radio station. On October 25, 2010, just over a year after the AM transmitter was turned off, the former AM 980 transmitters were torn down. After moving to FM, the new station became classic hits branded as ''100.5 Kruz FM'' and featured greatest hits of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In later years, the station added 1990s and current music to its playlist. On August 29, 2014, CKRU flipped from classic hits/

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and rebranded to ''Hits 100.5''. In February 2015, the station re-branded as ''100.5

'', maintaining the same format.

Notable announcers

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, 1988 to 2011

References

External links

100.5 Fresh Radio

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