CKRD-FM is a
radio station
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that broadcasts a
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format on the frequency 90.5
FM in
Red Deer
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,
Alberta
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, Canada.
Owned by Touch Canada Broadcasting (2006) Inc. (the general partner) and 1188011 Alberta Ltd. and Touch Canada Broadcasting Inc. (the limited partners), carrying on business as Touch Canada Broadcasting Limited Partnership, the station received
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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on December 8, 2009.
The station uses the call letters previously used by the now
CIZZ-FM from 1965 to 1987.
What is now
CHUB-FM
CHUB-FM (105.5 FM, ''BIG 105'') is a radio station in Red Deer, Alberta. Owned by the Jim Pattison Group, it broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format.
History
The station originally began broadcasting as CKRD at 1230 kHz
The hertz (sym ...
was CKRD-AM from 1949 to 2000. The call sign was also originally used by the now-defunct television station
CHCA-TV from 1965 to 2005.
References
External links
Shine 90.5 FM*
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KRD
KRD
Radio stations established in 1965
1965 establishments in Alberta
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