CKHY-FM
| City | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| Frequency | 105.1 MHz (FM) |
| Branding | Surge 105 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Active rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Acadia Broadcasting |
| CKHZ-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | October 1, 2010 |
| Technical information | |
| Power | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 185.1 meters (607 ft) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | surge105.com |
CKHY-FM is a radio station in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Owned by Acadia Broadcasting, it broadcasts an active rock format branded as Surge 105. CKHY's studios are located on Main Street in Dartmouth, while its transmitter is located on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park.
History[]
The station received CRTC approval on October 7, 2009 [1] and officially launched on October 1, 2010, as Live 105, under the ownership of Evanov Radio Group. The station had been airing a modern rock format since its inception. In 2016, the station shifted to active rock and adopted a new slogan "Halifax's Best Rock" but kept the "Live" branding. On August 10, 2018, the station rebranded to Rock 105.1 and began to include more classic rock and hard rock music to its playlist eventually moving towards a mainstream rock format to more effectively compete with Stingray's heritage rock radio station CFRQ-FM.[2]
On January 15, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., CKHY abruptly flipped to soft adult contemporary and rebranded to Jewel 105, launching with the adult standards/smooth jazz show The Lounge (an evening program on all of Evanov's Jewel-branded stations), and adding John Tesh's syndicated program in middays. The move preempted an announced switch to the same format by another rival station, CKUL-FM, which launched two days later on January 17.[3][4]
In July 2020, Evanov announced the planned sale of its Halifax stations to Acadia Broadcasting. The sale received CRTC approval on April 26, 2021.[5][6]
On July 16, 2021, Acadia announced that the "Jewel" branding and soft AC format would be dropped at 8 a.m. on July 19. At that time, CKHY flipped back to active rock, this time branded as Surge 105. The first song to be played on "Surge" was Gold on the Ceiling by The Black Keys.
References[]
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-631, Licensing of new radio stations in Halifax, CRTC, October 7, 2009
- ^ Thiessen, Connie (2018-08-16). "Evanov rebrands Live 105 Halifax in move to take on Newcap's Q104". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ Thiessen, Connie (2019-01-16). "Evanov preemptively flips Halifax's Rock 105 to The Jewel". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ "CKHY/Halifax Flips To Soft AC 'The Jewel'". All Access. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ "Acadia Broadcasting Looks To Acquire Halifax Stations". CKBW. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "CKHY-FM and CKHZ-FM Halifax – Acquisition of assets and licence amendments". 26 April 2021.
External links[]
- Surge 105
- CKHY-FM history - Canadian Communication Foundation
- CKHY-FM in the REC Canadian station database
Coordinates: 44°38′47″N 63°39′37″W / 44.64639°N 63.66028°W
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