CKGF-2-FM is a Canadian
radio station that broadcasts an
English language commercial FM radio
active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ...
format at 102.3
MHz (
FM) in
Grand Forks, British Columbia
Grand Forks, population 4,112, is a city in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Granby and Kettle Rivers, a tributary of the Columbia River. The city is just nor ...
. The station is currently owned by
Vista Broadcast Group.
History
Okanagan Radio Limited (with headquarters in Penticton, B.C.) originally launched CKGF at 1340
kHz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose expression in terms of SI base units is s−1, meaning that on ...
(
AM) in
Grand Forks, British Columbia
Grand Forks, population 4,112, is a city in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Granby and Kettle Rivers, a tributary of the Columbia River. The city is just nor ...
in June 1969. The call letters "GF" stood for Grand Forks.
In 1984, CKGF received
CRTC approval to add new FM transmitters in
Christina Lake,
Greenwood Green wood is unseasoned wood.
Greenwood or Green wood may also refer to:
People
* Greenwood (surname)
Settlements
Australia
* Greenwood, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region
* Greenwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
C ...
and
Rock Creek, British Columbia. The rebroadcast transmitters were on the air by the late 1980s. Around that time, CKGF began operating as a semi-satellite of
CJAT in
Trail. In 1993, CKGF began simulcasting programs of
CKQR Castlegar.
On August 18, 2004, Boundary Broadcasting was authorized to delete the originating CKGF Grand Forks transmitter, which was already off the air. CKGF-2-FM Greenwood became the originating station for repeaters CKGF-1-FM Christina Lake, and CKGF-3-FM Rock Creek. The arrangement became official on January 16, 2007.
On March 3, 2014, the CRTC approved Vista's application to operate a new originating station in Grand Forks, of which the current CKGF transmitters in Greenwood, Rock Creek and Christina Lake would rebroadcast. The new station will operate at 102.3 MHz with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 589 watts (maximum ERP of 1,043 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of -353 metres).
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-95
''CRTC'', March 3, 2014
On March 10, 2016, at 1 p.m., the station dropped the CKQR-FM
CKQR-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a classic rock format at 99.3 FM in Castlegar, British Columbia. The station s branded as ''The GOAT'' and it is owned by the Vista Broadcast Group.
History
The station originally signed on ...
simulcast and flipped to adult hits as 102.3 Juice FM.
Rebroadcasters
References
External links
102.3 Juice FM
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Radio stations established in 1969
1969 establishments in British Columbia