CKFX-FM (101.9

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) is a Canadian

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. The station airs a

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format under the brand name ''101.9 The Fox''. The station uses the same general format as, and shares some programming with,

CJRQ-FM CJRQ-FM (92.7 MHz) is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts in Sudbury, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand ''Q92''. The station airs a mainstream rock format and is owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media. The s ...

in Sudbury and CJQQ-FM in

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History

The station was originally launched in Iroquois Falls in 1922, as CFCH, a corporate communications service for

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s owned by Abitibi Power and Paper Company. It was subsequently acquired by Roy Thomson in 1930, and moved to North Bay. The station originally launched in North Bay at 930 on the AM dial, moving to 1230 in 1941 and then to 600 in 1942. CFCH was on the FM dial at 106.3 MHz for a brief period in the 1940s and 1950s. The 106.3 MHz frequency is now occupied by

CFXN-FM CFNO-FM, CFXN-FM is a Canadian radio station, that airs a classic hits format at 106.3 FM broadcasting, FM in North Bay, Ontario, North Bay, Ontario. The station is branded as ''106.3 Jet FM''. The station plays a variety of current, recent and ...

. In 1960, Thomson's Northern Broadcasting acquired the city's television station, CKGN, which also adopted the CFCH callsign. In 1976, Northern also acquired the FM station

CKAT CKAT (600 AM broadcasting, AM) is a Canadian radio station in North Bay, Ontario. The station, owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media, airs a country music, country, all-news radio, news and sports radio, sports format. Histor ...

. Thomson subsequently sold Northern Broadcasting to a local business consortium in 1974. In 1980, the stations were sold to

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. CFCH was an affiliate of the

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's Trans-Canada Network and then of

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, until 1976 when CBCN-FM launched. Over the years, CFCH went through a number of formats. In the 1980s, CFCH 600 was a

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''Hit Radio'' format, then changed to 'lite' rock in the early 1990s, and the short-lived

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/ talk in March 1996. On August 16, 1996, Telemedia swapped the stations in a move similar to its 1990 switch involving CKSO and

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in Sudbury.

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station CKAT took over CFCH's AM frequency, and CFCH moved to the FM station, adopted its current CKFX-FM callsign with a new

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format and a new branding ''102 FM The Fox''. (The former CFCH callsign recently belonged to a

out in

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. The heritage CFCH call sign returned in North Bay at a radio station (as

CFCH-FM CFCH-FM (90.5 FM broadcasting, FM) is a Canadian radio station in North Bay, Ontario, North Bay, Ontario. Owned by Vista Radio, it broadcasts a country music, country radio format, format branded as ''Country 90.5''. History In September 2018, ...

) that was launched by Vista Broadcast Group at 90.5 FM on June 15, 2021). In 2002, Telemedia sold the stations to Standard Broadcasting, who shortly sold them to

Rogers Communications Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian communications and media company operating primarily in the fields of wireless communications, cable television, telephony and Internet, with significant additional telecommunications and mass media ass ...

. In June 2013, Rogers Communications rebranded ''102 FM The Fox'' to ''101.9 The Fox'' and changing the slogan from "North Bay's Best Rock" to "World Class Rock." On June 7, 2016, the station was rebranded ''101.9 Rock''. CKFX and its co-branded sister stations in Sudbury and Timmins currently air a mixture of locally-hosted dayparts with syndicated programming, including the ''Brock & Dalby'' morning show from CIKR-FM Kingston, and the internationally syndicated '' Greg Beharrell Show'' in the evenings. On June 28, 2024, Rogers dropped the ''101.9 Rock'' branding and resurrected the original 1990s ''The Fox'' branding. Rogers had also resurrected the original 1990s brandings for CJQQ-FM Timmins (as ''Q92'') and

Sudbury (as ''Q92'').101.9 The Fox…Established in 1996. Resurrected in 2024
''The Fox North Bay - Facebook'', June 28, 2024

Former logos

Image:1019Rock.jpg, 101.9 Rock logo from 2016–2024

References

External links

101.9 The Fox - North Bay's Rock Station
- Official website

CKFX-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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History

Former logos

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