CKYM-FM is the
call sign
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of a
radio station
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located in
Napanee
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,
Ontario
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on the
FM band at 88.7
MHz
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. Owned by
My Broadcasting Corporation
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, the station airs an
adult contemporary
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format
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branded as ''88.7 myFM'', serving the
Kingston
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radio market
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.
The station was licensed by the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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in 2006,
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-634
/ref> and launched in August 2007.
References
External links
88.7 myFM
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Kym
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Radio stations established in 2007
2007 establishments in Ontario
KYM
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