CKEX-FM (100.7
MHz
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) is a
radio station
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in
Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer is a city in Alberta, Canada, located midway on the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Red Deer serves central Alberta, and its key industries include health care, retail trade, construction, oil and gas, hospitality, manufacturing and educati ...
. Owned by
Harvard Media
Harvard Media, formerly Harvard Broadcasting is a radio broadcasting and digital media company in Canada. It is owned by The Hill Companies of Regina.
Assets
Radio stations
Most of the company's stations operate under standardized brands, in ...
, it broadcasts a
modern rock
Modern rock is an umbrella term used to describe rock music that is found on college and commercial rock radio stations. Some radio stations use this term to distinguish themselves from classic rock, which is based in 1960s–1980s rock music.
...
format branded as ''X 100.7''.
History
CKRI-FM received approval by the
CRTC
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; ) is a public organization in Canada tasked with the mandate as a regulatory agency tribunal for various electronic communications, covering broadcasting and telecommunic ...
on October 17, 2008, along with other new applications to serve Red Deer.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-287
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CKRI launched on August 6, 2010 as ''100.7 The River'', with an 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 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...
format. In August 2014, the station flipped to adult hits as ''100.7 Cruz FM,'' which was modelled after its Edmonton sister station CKEA-FM
CKEA-FM (95.7 MHz, ''95.7 Cruz FM'') is a radio station serving Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Harvard Media, it broadcasts a mainstream rock format. CKEA's studios are located on Calgary Trail in Edmonton, while its transmitter is located at Eller ...
. In January 2018, the station flipped to modern rock as ''X100.7'', which is modelled after Calgary sister station CFEX-FM
CFEX-FM (92.9 FM, "X92.9") is a radio station in Calgary, Alberta. Owned by Harvard Media, it broadcasts a modern rock format. CFEX's studios are located along the Red Mile on 17 Avenue SW in Calgary, while its transmitter is located on Old Ba ...
. The station changed its call letters to CKEX-FM.
References
External links
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at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
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