CKEY-FM
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| City | Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada |
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| Broadcast area |
Niagara Region Buffalo, New York |
| Branding | 101.1 Juice FM |
| Slogan | Fort Erie And Niagara's Biggest Variety! |
| Frequency | 101.1 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1986 (AM) 1991 (FM) |
| Format | Adult hits |
| ERP | 19,700 watts average 50,000 watts peak |
| HAAT | 76.5 meters (251 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | Niagara FalLZ |
| Former callsigns | CJFT (1986-1991) CKEY-FM (1991-2011) |
| Owner | Vista Radio |
| Sister stations | CJED-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 101.1 Juice FM |
CFLZ-FM is a Canadian radio station that serves the Buffalo area, broadcasting at 101.1 FM in Fort Erie, Ontario. CFLZ's studios are located on Ontario Avenue in Niagara Falls, while its transmitter is located near Fort Erie. It is also the highest rated Canadian station in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls region, according to Arbitron.
The station was launched on Canada Day (July 1), 1986, at 5:30 pm as AM 530 CJFT, playing a Top 40 format. Afternoon drive personality Alan Chonka signed CJFT on the air. It moved to FM in 1991, adopted the CKEY-FM call letters, and flipped to adult standards. (from 1945 to 1991, CKEY was the callsign of an AM radio station in Toronto, which now airs Chinese programming as Fairchild Radio affiliate CHKT.)
On August 26, 1994, at noon, the station switched to alternative rock as "FM 101 The Planet." By 1996, the station shifted to dance music (similar to CING-FM in nearby Hamilton) while retaining the "Planet" moniker. It was an affiliate of "Pirate Radio" with Chris Sheppard.
On August 21, 1996, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved CJRN 710 Inc.'s application to increase CKEY-FM transmitter from 8, 670 watts to 19, 700 watts. The Commission also approved the application to amend the broadcasting licence for CKEY-FM by authorizing the licensee to add a transmitter at St. Catharines, operating on frequency 101.1 MHz (channel 266A) with an effective radiated power of 150 watts with a callsign CKEY-FM-1. The Commission notes that this transmitter has been operating on an experimental basis for some time and is a co-channel, synchronous repeater of CKEY-FM Fort Erie.
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