CKPE-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting from Sydney,

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native En ...

at 94.9 FM. The station broadcasts a

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 198 ...

format branded as ''94.9 The Wave''. The station has been on the air since 1957 under the original call sign CJCB-FM. The station is owned and operated by the

Maritime Broadcasting System Maritime Broadcasting System Limited, branded as MBS Radio, is a private Canadian broadcasting company owning 21 radio stations serving several communities in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. MBS Radio was established in 196 ...

. CJCB and CHER-FM are its sister stations. Every weekend, CKPE plays vintage ''

American Top 40 ''American Top 40'' (previously abbreviated to ''AT40'') is an internationally syndicated, independent song countdown radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds, and Ron Jacobs. The program is currently hosted by Ryan Sea ...

'' countdown shows hosted by

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, one from the 1980s every Saturday morning, and one from the 1970s every Sunday morning. Sister stations CHNS-FM in Halifax, CFQM-FM in

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and CJYC-FM in Saint John also do this.

History

CKPE was an

easy listening Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, ...

station until June 1, 1981 when it switched to a

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format. CKPE stayed with this format until June 1998 when it switched formats with sister station CJCB, becoming a

Hot AC Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, qui ...

station and CJCB going country. It was Hot AC until summer 2011 when it changed its format to

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

. The station's branding at the time was ''The Cape 94.9''. On December 26, 2019, the station changed its format to

and rebranded as ''94.9 The Wave''. The station's format is similar to that of sister station CHNS-FM in Halifax. Prior to the format change, the station played

Christmas music Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject m ...

since the beginning of December.

External links

94.9 The Wave
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