CKXR-FM

CKXR-FM is a Canadian radio station in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. The station, operating at 91.5 MHz with 640 watts of power, is owned by Bell Media and airs an adult contemporary format under the EZ Rock on-air brand.

History

CKXR first signed on the air on November 18, 1965 on its original frequency of 580 AM, under original owners Hall-Gray Broadcasting Company Ltd. Three days later, CKXR put its Revelstoke rebroadcaster CKCR on the air at 1340 AM. CKXR and CKCR became the founding stations of a regional radio system called the Big R Network shortly after the stations' establishment.

On July 21, 1972, CKXR increased its transmission power to 10,000 watts in the daytime and 1000 watts at night. The station set up a second rebroadcaster in 1974 when CKGR in Golden began operations at 1400 AM. On May 16 that year, CKCR Revelstoke was upgraded from a rebroadcaster of CKXR to a semi-satellite when CKCR began originating programming from its own studio, in addition to receiving the balance of its programs from CKXR. On December 31, 1984, CKGR also began originating some programming, and CKIR in Invermere began broadcasting at 870 AM as CKXR's third rebroadcaster.