CKXU-FM
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| City | Lethbridge, Alberta |
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| Broadcast area | Southern Alberta |
| Slogan | Lethbridge's True Alternative |
| Frequency | 88.3 MHz |
| First air date | FM - April 8, 2004 AM - October 23, 1978 |
| Format | Campus and Community Radio |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 125 watts (21 dBW) |
| HAAT | 23 meters |
| Class | A |
| Transmitter coordinates | 49°40′37″N 112°51′47″W / 49.677°N 112.863°WCoordinates: 49°40′37″N 112°51′47″W / 49.677°N 112.863°W |
| Former callsigns | CKUL |
| Former frequencies | 560 kHz |
| Affiliations |
National Campus and Community Radio Association University of Lethbridge Students' Union |
| Owner | CKXU Radio Society (CKUL Radio Society) |
| Webcast | Listen Online |
| Website | www.ckxu.com |
CKXU-FM is a Canadian Not-for-profit radio station, broadcasting at 88.3 FM, from the University of Lethbridge, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
CKXU began as CKUL in 1972, when a public address system was set up in Section A of University Hall at the University of Lethbridge to broadcast musical content inside the building from mid-morning to early afternoon. The station was managed by a three-member executive under the auspices of the University of Lethbridge Students' Union.
The CKUL Radio Society was incorporated in October 1977, to govern the affairs of the station, and a year later the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted the society a licence to broadcast at 530 AM. Even in those early days, the Board of Directors of the station began examining the possibility of a move to the FM band by increasing the number of daily broadcast hours and developing the long-term income streams necessary to fund such an operation.
On October 23, 1978, CKUL-AM signed on to the radio spectrum for the very first time with national anthem, broadcasting at a mere 25 watts, the AM transmitter was of such low power that it was drowned out by the time it reached the parking lot of the university, by a station originating in Montana. However, the move to AM still represented a major step forward in the development of the station. CKUL was now a bona fide radio station, broadcasting 65 hours per week with 25 DJs rather than irregularly with only a handful of programmers.
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