CKNG-FM (92.5

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, Canada. The station plays an adult hits format branded on-air as ''Chuck @ 92.5''. CKNG's studios are located on 84th Street in southeastern Edmonton, while its transmitter is located near Anthony Henday Drive in eastern Edmonton. The station is owned by

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. CKNG was the ninth most listened to radio station in the Edmonton market in the fall of 2008 but as of fall 2012, the station is ranked twelfth with a 3.3 percent share. For the 2013 winter season, CKNG-FM was the tenth most listened to radio station with a 5.1% share. As of Feb 28, 2021, CKNG is the 12th-most-listened-to radio station in the Edmonton market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris.

History

On October 29, 1981, CFCN Communications, Ltd. was awarded a license for a new FM station to broadcast at 92.5 MHz. The station officially launched on August 11, 1982, as CJAX-FM, and aired a

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format. In June 1986, CJAX flipped to

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, and changed its call letters to CKNG-FM, branding itself as ''King FM''. In 1989, CKNG was sold to Moffat Communications. In September

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, CKNG-FM became ''Power 92'', a CHR/Top 40 station, which launched with '' The Power'' by Snap. In August 1992, the station was sold to Westcom Radio. On January 30, 2000, the station was sold to

, and became a Corus station. On June 27,

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, CKNG shifted to

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as ''Power 92.5''. Seven months later, on January 13, 2004, the station flipped to adult hits, branded as ''92.5 Joe FM'', taking the format from sister station

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, which returned to

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On January 9, 2013, CKNG returned to hot adult contemporary, branded as ''The New 92.5 Fresh FM'', becoming the third Corus radio station to adopt the "Fresh FM" branding. On August 3, 2018, CKNG once again returned to adult hits, branded as ''92.5 The 'Chuck''. Corus FM radio director Brad Phillips described the new format as being "super-localized" with nods to local culture and humour; its branding is derived from a nickname for the city. After having aired the syndicated ''Brooke & Jeffrey'' out of Seattle, and later ''Willy in the Morning'' from Vancouver sister station

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, afternoon host Graham Mosimann began hosting ''The Morning Thing'' in August 2024''.''

References

External links

Chuck @ 92.5

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at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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