CKUE-FM is a

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located in

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. Owned by Blackburn Radio, the station broadcasts a

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format under the name ''95.1/100.7 Cool FM''. The station broadcasts on 95.1 MHz, and operates a

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serving the nearby Windsor market, CKUE-FM-1, on 100.7 MHz. CKUE's main signal is broadcast from a

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tower a few kilometres west of the community of Chatham, Ontario, with an effective radiated power of 42,000

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History

The Rock (1999-2014)

The station began operations on October 6, 1999 under the ownership of Bea-Ver Communications, broadcasting an

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format on 94.3 FM. On May 4, 2002, CKUE switched frequencies with its sister station CKSY-FM to obtain its current frequency of 95.1 FM. CKUE began operating a synchronized on-channel rebroadcaster serving the nearby Windsor market, CKUE-FM-1, in March 2004 from an antenna mounted on the top of the 26-floor Solidarity Tower Co-Op apartment building on the city's east end. In 2005, Blackburn Radio acquired CKUE along with

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CKSY-FM. In September 2006, the

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(CRTC) approved an application by Blackburn to move the Windsor signal from 95.1 to 100.7 MHz. This change allowed the Windsor and Chatham transmitters to increase their transmitter power. During the 2004-2005, and 2005-2006 seasons of the

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, 95.1 provided live coverage of

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games, with Shadd Dales on play-by-play and Brendan McGuire on colour. They returned to CKLW in 2006.

LiteFM (2014-2015)

On January 30, 2014, at 6 p.m., CKUE-FM ended its

format and switched to

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, branded as ''LiteFM''. Station management cited increased competition from

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based stations as reasoning for the change.

Cool FM (2015-present)

On April 16, 2015, at 10 a.m., CKUE-FM flipped again, this time to variety hits as ''Cool FM''; Blackburn Radio's general manager Walter Ploegman stated that the "Lite" format was characterized by listeners as being "too soft and sleepy", and that the new format would be targeted to a middle-aged adult demographic that is "on the go, active, and looking for fun". In 2016, a new low-powered FM station began testing in nearby Ferndale,

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, also on 100.7 MHz. Named

WFCB-LP WFCB-LP (100.7 FM) is a community radio station in Ferndale, Michigan, owned by Ferndale Radio, Incorporated, formerly known as Underwood V Radio, Incorporated (pronounced "Underwood Five Radio"), having launched in 2016. Ferndale Radio was ...

, the station broadcasts at just 100 watts at 81 feet above the ground, and may be subject to interference from CKUE-FM-1, due to its vastly higher power (3840 watts average, 9000 peak), and the fact that its antenna atop Solidarity Tower is adjacent to the

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, and therefore, only a few hundred feet from the

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(which sits in the middle of the river). In the summer of 2018, the "Cool" format was modified from variety hits to a more rock-oriented

format. The station now uses the tagline "Great Hits and Real Classics" rather than "We Play it All".

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