CKGF-2-FM

CKGF-FM
Grand Forks, British Columbia;
Broadcast area	Kootenays
Frequency	102.3 MHz (FM)
Branding	102.3 Juice FM
Programming
Format	Adult Hits
Ownership
Owner	Vista Broadcast Group; (Vista Radio);
History
Call sign meaning	CK Grand Forks (broadcast area)
Technical information
Class	A
ERP	0.589 kWs average; 1.043 kWs peak
HAAT	−353 meters (−1,158 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	mygrandforksnow.com

CKGF-2-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts an English-language commercial active rock format at 102.3 MHz (FM) in Grand Forks, British Columbia. The station is currently owned by Vista Broadcast Group.

History

Okanagan Radio Limited (with headquarters in Penticton) originally launched CKGF at 1340 kHz (AM) in Grand Forks in June 1969. The call letters "GF" stood for Grand Forks.

In 1984, CKGF received CRTC approval to add new FM transmitters in Christina Lake, Greenwood and Rock Creek.^[1] The rebroadcast transmitters were on the air by the late 1980s. Around that time, CKGF began operating as a semi-satellite of CJAT in Trail. In 1993, CKGF began simulcasting programs of CKQR Castlegar.

On August 18, 2004, Boundary Broadcasting was authorized to delete the originating CKGF Grand Forks transmitter, which was already off the air. CKGF-2-FM Greenwood became the originating station for repeaters CKGF-1-FM Christina Lake, and CKGF-3-FM Rock Creek.^[2] The arrangement became official on January 16, 2007.^[3]

On March 3, 2014, the CRTC approved Vista's application to operate a new originating station in Grand Forks, of which the current CKGF transmitters in Greenwood, Rock Creek and Christina Lake would rebroadcast. The new station will operate at 102.3 MHz with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 589 watts (maximum ERP of 1,043 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of -353 metres).^[4]

On March 10, 2016, at 1 p.m., the station dropped the CKQR-FM simulcast and flipped to adult hits as 102.3 Juice FM.

Rebroadcasters

Rebroadcasters of CKGF-2-FM
City of license	Identifier	Frequency	RECNet	CRTC Decision
Christina Lake	CKGF-1-FM	93.3 FM	Query
Rock Creek	CKGF-3-FM	103.7 FM	Query

References

^ Decision CRTC 84-556
^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-356
^ Broadcasting Desion CRTC 2007-35
^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-95, CRTC, March 3, 2014

External links

102.3 Juice FM
CKGF-2-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
CKGF-2-FM in the REC Canadian station database

49°01′59″N 118°26′31″W / 49.0330°N 118.4420°W / 49.0330; -118.4420

[1] Decision CRTC 84-556

[2] Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-356

[3] Broadcasting Desion CRTC 2007-35

[4] Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-95, CRTC, March 3, 2014

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