CFRA-FM
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| City | Ottawa, Ontario |
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| Broadcast area | National Capital Region |
| Branding | New Country 94 |
| Slogan | Ottawa's New Country |
| Frequency | 93.9 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1947 |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 95,000 watts |
| HAAT | 323 meters (1,060 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | CK KooL FM (former branding) |
| Former callsigns | CFRA-FM (1947-1961) CFMO (1961-1992) |
| Owner |
Bell Media (Bell Media Ottawa Radio Partnership) |
| Sister stations | CFGO, CFRA, CJMJ-FM, CJOH-DT, CHRO-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | newcountry94.com |
Coordinates: 45°25′39.1″N 75°41′28.2″W / 45.427528°N 75.691167°W
CKKL-FM is a Canadian radio station serving Ottawa, Ontario, broadcasting at 93.9 on the FM dial. The station broadcasts a country music format branded as Ottawa's New Country 94 and is owned by Bell Media. CKKL's studios are located in the Bell Media Building on George Street in Downtown Ottawa's ByWard Market, while its transmitter is located in Camp Fortune, Quebec.
Based on the current format, CKKL-FM competes with CKBY-FM.
Frank Ryan originally launched the station in 1947 as CFRA-FM, simulcasting the programming of its AM sister station. In 1959, the station began airing some separate programming. In 1961, Ryan sought approval to increase power from 860 Watts to 146,000 Watts via a new transmission site at Camp Fortune. The Ryan Tower would become the area's main radio and television transmission site. Two years later, in 1961, the station's programming became fully independent of CFRA's, and the station adopted the callsign CFMO. CFRA and CFMO were subsequently acquired by CHUM Limited in 1968.
CHUM dropped the station's longtime easy listening format on August 28, 1992, adopting the CKKL-FM calls and the brand name Kool FM for its new Hot AC format. The first song was Time, Love & Tenderness by Michael Bolton. The CFMO calls and format were picked up by CHEZ-FM Inc., and adopted on what is now CKBY. During their Hot AC days, they aired mostly CHR music during the evening hours (in large part due to CRTC regulations banning FM stations for having more than 50% of hit material on their playlists to protect AM stations and French-language stations), as well as the dance music show "Pirate Radio" with Chris Sheppard on Saturday nights. During the 1990s, CKKL competed against Top 40 stations CKTF-FM (which airs in French) and AM station Energy 1200 (which aired in English). Station liners during this time promoted "Hit Music on FM," directly targeting Energy 1200 listeners. After "Energy" flipped to alternative rock in 1997, CKKL was considered the default English-language hit music station in Ottawa. By February 2003, when CIHT-FM (now a CHR station) launched with its Rhythmic CHR format, CKKL completely shifted to CHR.
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