CKNL-FM is a Canadian

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

that broadcasts an adult hits format at 101.5 FM in

Fort St. John, British Columbia Fort St. John is a city located in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The most populous municipality in the Peace River Regional District, the city encompasses a total area of about with 20,155 residents recorded in the 2016 Census. Located ...

. The station is branded as ''Bounce 101.5'' and is owned by

Bell Media Bell Media Inc. (French: ) is a Canadian company formed by the amalgamation of several companies. Establishment (2011–13) On December 9, 2011, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced the sale of its majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports ...

. The station originally began broadcasting June 20, 1962 at 970 AM, and later moved to 560 AM and finally to the FM dial at 101.5 FM in 2003. When the FM flip was approved, the station was to continue the

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format of the former 560 CKNL. However, likely in response to the recent licensing of

CKFU-FM CKFU-FM, branded as ''100.1 Moose FM'', is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting in Fort St. John, British Columbia. The station is one of the few commercial low power FM (LPFM) stations operating in Canada. The station originally played a clas ...

in the same market at that time, when the station flipped to FM the format was switched to a rock station as ''101.5 The Bear''. As part of a mass format reorganization by Bell Media, on May 18, 2021, CKNL flipped to adult hits under the ''Bounce'' branding.

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Rebroadcasters

*CKHH-FM 106.1 FM -

Hudson's Hope Hudson's Hope is a district municipality in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, in the Peace River Regional District. Having been first settled along the Peace River in 1805, it is the third-oldest European-Canadian community in the province, a ...

Decision CRTC 91-10
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Bounce Radio 101.5
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