CKYL-FM is a Canadian
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at 94.9
FM in
Peace River, Alberta
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and also several different other frequencies on the FM dial. The station is branded as ''River Country'' and is owned by Peace River Broadcasting.
History
CKYL originally began broadcasting in 1954 at 630 AM, until it moved to 610 kHz in the late 1950s or early 60s. The station is also heard via a number of FM translators in various communities in
northern Alberta
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An informally defined cultural region, the boundaries of Northern Alberta are not fixed. Under some schemes, the region encompasses everything north of the cent ...
. CKYL was a
Class B regional station broadcasting with a power of 10,000 watts daytime and nighttime.
Rebroadcasters
On July 24, 2006, the Peace River Broadcasting received CRTC approval to operate a new nested FM transmitter at Peace River, along with other new FM transmitters for communities in High Prairie, Fairview, Valleyview and Saddle Hills, Alberta.
On October 17, 2011, Peace River Broadcasting received CRTC approval to operate a new transmitter at Manning, Alberta on 93.3 MHz.
On June 20, 2017, the CRTC approved Peace River Broadcasting Corporation Ltd. (Peace River Broadcasting) to operate an English-language FM commercial radio programming undertaking in Peace River, Alberta, to replace its AM commercial radio programming undertaking CKYL Peace River and its rebroadcasting transmitter CKYL-FM-1 Peace River. The new FM station will operate at 94.9 MHz (channel 235C1), the frequency currently used by the rebroadcasting transmitter CKYL-FM-1, with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 62,000 watts (maximum ERP of 100,000 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 219.9 metres).
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-206
CKYL Peace River – Conversion to the FM band, ''CRTC'', June 20, 2017
In March 2018, CKYL officially moved from AM 610 to its nested FM frequency of 94.9 MHz as CKYL-FM. CKYL 610 AM left the air after its simulcast period with 94.9 FM came to an end in May. In October 2018, CKYL changed their branding from ''YL Country'' to ''River Country''.
Former logos
File:CKYL YLcountry610 logo.png, YL Country logo used for CKYL until 2018
See also
*CKHL-FM
CKHL-FM is a Canadian radio station, that broadcasts a country format branded as ''River Country'' at 102.1 FM in High Level, Alberta, Canada.
The station originally began broadcasting in 1988 on the frequency 530 AM, an unusual frequency for ...
References
External links
River CountryCKYL-FM history
- Canadian Communications Foundation
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Radio stations established in 1954
1954 establishments in Alberta
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