CKAY-FM is a Canadian

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

that broadcasts a classic hits format at 91.7 FM, licensed to Gibsons,

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with studios in

Sechelt Sechelt (, Sechelt language, shíshálh Language: ch'atlich) is a district municipality located on the lower Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Approximately northwest of Vancouver, it is accessible from ma ...

. The station targets

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and the Sunshine Coast. Originally owned and operated by Westwave Broadcasting, the station was given approval by the CRTC on April 20, 2005.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-167
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adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

format until June 2010, when the station switched to its current classic hits format. Although the signal is receivable in much of

Greater Vancouver Greater Vancouver, also known as Metro Vancouver, is the metropolitan area with its major urban centre being the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The term ''Greater Vancouver'' describes an area that is roughly coterminous with the r ...

, the station does not target Vancouver itself. On March 15, 2024, the station rebranded to "91.7 ICON Radio" but retained the same format. The station's transmitter is on Mount Benson, west of

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. The station is currently owned by Vista Radio.

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References

External links

91.7 Coast FMCKAY-FM
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