CKEN-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting from

Kentville Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia. It is the most populous town in the Annapolis Valley. As of 2021, the town's population was 6,630. Its census agglomeration is 26,929. History Kentville owes its location to the Cornwallis Rive ...

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at 97.7 FM. The station currently plays a

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format and is branded on-air as ''AVR'' (which is short for Annapolis Valley Radio). The station has been on the air since 1947. The station originally broadcast at 1490 AM, then moved to 1350 in 1953, then back to 1490 in 1979. In July 2002, the station received CRTC approval to move to 94.9 FM, but instead moved to 97.7 FM in 2003.

CKWM-FM CKWM-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting from Kentville, Nova Scotia at 94.9 FM owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System. The station currently plays an adult contemporary format branded on-air as ''Magic 94.9''. The station began broa ...

moved to 94.9 and became ''Magic 94.9''. Both stations are owned by the

Maritime Broadcasting System Maritime Broadcasting System Limited, branded as MBS Radio, is a private Canadian broadcasting company owning 21 radio stations serving several communities in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. MBS Radio was established in 196 ...

Rebroadcasters

On November 15, 2011, MBS received CRTC approval to operate CKDY as a separate, locally originated station, with CKDY-1-FM continuing to repeat CKDY. CKEN-FM's programming previously simulcasted on

CFAB CFAB is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 1450 AM in Windsor, Nova Scotia. The station currently airs a country format branded as ''AVR'', and is owned & operated by the Maritime Broadcasting System. The station also airs a mix of local ...

AM in Windsor; that station broke off from the AVR network in 2008, to broadcast as an independently operated station. On February 26, 2020, the station's copper wiring and computer system was stolen by an unknown person. This has resulted in the AM signal being off-air, leaving listeners to rely on the FM signal in Weymouth. On February 28, 2020, an arrest was made involving a 40-year old unnamed woman, who has subsequently been facing charges in connection with theft and vandalization. She is due in the Digby provincial court in April. In March 2020, the CRTC approved Maritime Broadcasting System's application to temporarily operate CKDY on FM at 99.7 MHz until the AM signal at 1420 kHz returns to the air. There's a potential that CKDY may remain on 99.7 FM if the radio station decides to permanently shutdown the AM signal. On September 30, 2020, Maritime Broadcasting System Limited submitted an application for a broadcasting licence to operate an english-language commercial FM radio station in Digby, NS to replace its AM radio station CKDY Digby. The new station would operate at 99.7 MHz (channel 259B1) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 2.39 KW (directional antenna with a maximum ERP of 6.53 KW with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 165.7 metres). On May 3, 2021, the CRTC approved Maritime Broadcasting System's application to move CKDY from the AM band to 99.7 on the FM band.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2021-153
CKDY Digby – Conversion to the FM band, ''CRTC'', May 3, 2021

References

External links

AVR Network
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CKDY history - Canadian Communications FoundationCKAD history - Canadian Communications Foundation
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