CKBX

CKBX is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 840 AM in 100 Mile House, British Columbia. Owned by Vista Broadcast Group, the station airs a country music format and is branded as Country 840 AM.

History

The station's license was issued on December 15, 1970 to Cariboo Broadcasters Ltd., which owned several other stations. The license permitted Cariboo to operate a new AM radio station at 100 Mile House. It was allotted a frequency of 1240 kHz with a transmission power of 250 watts. Cariboo Broadcasters launched the station in 1971.

In 1975, approval was granted for the station to increase its daytime transmission power from 250 to 1,000 watts.

On October 9, 1985, the CRTC permitted Cariboo to change CKBX's frequency from 1240 kHz to 840 kHz and increase the nighttime power from 250 watts to 500 watts.

On October 4, 2004 at 8:00am, CKBX changed is slogan from "Wild Country" to "The Wolf" – playing modern country and southern rock music.

In 2005, Cariboo Broadcasters was acquired by the Vista Broadcast Group.

CKCQ-FM

CKCQ-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 100.3 FM in Quesnel, British Columbia. Owned by Vista Broadcast Group, the station airs a country music format and is branded as Cariboo Country FM. The station also has a rebroadcast transmitter in Williams Lake (CKWL, AM 570).

The station was launched in 1957 by Cariboo Broadcasters on 570 AM. The Williams Lake transmitter was added in 1960, and a 100 Mile House transmitter was added in 1971. The Quesnel transmitter moved to 920 AM in 1980, and the AM 570 allocation was moved to CKWL in Williams Lake where it remains today. CKCQ migrated to its current FM frequency in 2004 and the AM 920 transmitter fell silent. The 100 Mile station, CKBX was converted to a stand-alone station serving 100 Mile and area exclusively in 2008. The old AM transmitter tower is now gone and is the mast for the FM Antenna is located on the edge of a private residence near the Pinnacles on Stubbington Road. The FM station is now 1.8KWs ERP at 100.3 MHz. Vista acquired the stations from Cariboo Communications in 2005. In 2007 the radio station moved to its new location at 410 Kinchant in downtown Quesnel.