CKKQ-FM (''100.3 The Q'') is a broadcast

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in Victoria,

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. CKKQ broadcasts at a frequency of 100.3

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on the FM band. The station has broadcast a

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format since its inception, but has a more

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sound since 2001, when sister station CKXM AM/-FM became The Zone @ 91.3 with the CJZN calls and an

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format. It used to have an

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lean up until Pattison took over the station from OK Radio. The station placed 2nd in the fall 2018 Numeris Diary Survey for Victoria

History

In April 1987, the OK Radio Group Ltd. (known at the time as Victoria Communications Ltd.) was granted an FM radio license and launched ''100.3 The Q'', then known as ''Q-100'', in December 1987. The first song played was

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". In May 1999, CKKQ and sister station CKXM (formerly CKDA-AM) (now known as CJZN-FM (The Zone @ 91-3)) moved to the top floor of 2750 Quadra Street, a three-storey Victoria office building purchased by the OK Radio Group Ltd. in the fall of 1998. Thanks to the prime position of CKKQ's transmitter on the Malahat Ridge, its signal reaches up

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as far north as

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, onto the Lower Mainland as far east as

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and into

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as far south as Tacoma, on a good day. In 2000, CKKQ added a transmitter in

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on the frequency 94.7 FM with the callsign CKKQ-FM-1.Decision CRTC 2000-42
/ref> In 2001, CKKQ actually achieved a 0.1 share in the American

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ratings for

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/ Tacoma, placing them 45th in the overall standings. This led Ed Bain and ''The Q! Morning Show'' into a chant of "We're 45th! We're 45th!" On December 1, 2006, CKKQ and CJZN came under the ownership of the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group LP.

''The Q Morning Show''

One of the original 26 employees, Ed Bain has spent 33 years of his 44-year career at CKKQ hosting ''The Q Morning Show''. The ''QMS'' (short for ''Q Morning Show'') lineup consists of Bain and news/sports announcer Cliff LeQuesne. While there have been four producers and at least five news or sports announcers, Ed Bain has been the one constant on the show since CKKQ's launch.

Ed Bain

Ed Bain (born 1955) is the radio personality and the CHEK-TV weather reporter. While Ed became well known in Victoria from public appearances for CKKQ, both in person and as part of outdoor advertising, his visibility greatly improved when, in 2001, he became the full-time weekday weather reporter for Victoria

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CHEK-TV, where he injects much of the same humour he's known for on ''The Q Morning Show'', albeit slightly toned down for the older

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audience. Ed Bain is an avid collector of German World War II trinkets.

References

External links

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