CKOV-FM

CKOV-FM is a new radio station which will broadcast a country music format on the frequency of 104.5 MHz/FM in Strathmore, Alberta, Canada. The station will be branded as 104.5 The Wolf.

On December 9, 2014, Clear Sky Radio Inc. received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a new English language radio station in Strathmore, Alberta. The new station would operate at 104.5 MHz (channel 283B1) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 2,800 watts (maximum ERP of 7,000 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 101.5 metres).

The callsign CKOV was previously used at a radio station in Kelowna, British Columbia from the early 1930s until 2010, when it changed to its current callsign; CKQQ-FM.

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CKQQ-FM

CKQQ-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format at 103. 1 FM in Kelowna, British Columbia. The station is owned by the Jim Pattison Group.

History

The station's origins are actually that of an amateur radio station with the call letters 10AY owned by the Kelowna Amateur Radio Club, whose founding members in 1928 were George Dunn, Bobby Johnston, Harry Blakeborough and James William Bromley Browne. The club was formed with the sole purpose of obtaining a non-commercial radio license from the federal radio and telecommunications regulator of the day. 10AY broadcast church services, theatre shows and concert performances by the Ogopogo Concert Club. Its initial operating power was 50 watts.

Two 90-foot poles were erected for antennas for the new CKOV-AM (the call letters naturally stood for Canada Kelowna Okanagan Valley), and studios and offices were built on Mill Avenue. Browne used his own money to get the station going and then "sold shares" for $2.00 each. Okanagan Broadcasters was incorporated on July 27, 1931. On November 4, 1931, as a condition of Jim Browne being awarded a commercial radio license the non-commercial license had to be terminated and 10AY went off the air on this date. Following this, Browne flipped a switch and CKOV-AM was born. He announced the station as, "This is CKOV, The Voice of the Okanagan". Its 60-watt transmitter was converted to 100 watts and CKOV-AM operated on a frequency of 1230 kHz.