CKLR-FM
Radio station in Courtenay, British Columbia
- Courtenay, British Columbia
Comox
Campbell River
First air date
11.6 kWs peak
horizontal polarization only
CKLR-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.3 FM in Courtenay, British Columbia. The station uses its on-air branding 97.3 The Eagle and currently broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format. The station also broadcasts on cable at 89.7 and streams live from their website. The station is owned & operated by Jim Pattison Group and is part of a division of Island Radio.
The station received approval by the CRTC on April 21, 1998,[1] and began its on-air broadcasting on October 5, of that same year the first voice being heard on this station was Bill Nation with the morning news. Bill Nation is the only current staff member who was also with the station when it first went to air in 1998.
On November 1, 2005, Pattison and Island Radio announced that Island Radio Ltd. of Nanaimo, B.C. had agreed to sell its six radio stations (and related assets) to the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group. The stations involved in the transaction include CKLR, CKWV and CHWF in Nanaimo, CIBH and CHPQ in Parksville-Qualicum Beach and CJAV in Port Alberni.
References
- ^ Decision CRTC 98-131
External links
- 97.3 The Eagle
- CKLR-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CKLR-FM in the REC Canadian station database
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- CIQC 99.7
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- CHPA 90.9
- CJAV 93.3
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- CBTQ-FM 98.1
- CFNI 1240
- CBUY 95.5
- CBPD 103.7
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- CHOO-FM
- Radio stations on Vancouver Island
- Western and Northern Vancouver Island
- Victoria & Southern Vancouver Island
- Other nearby regions
- Southwestern British Columbia Mainland
49°44′51″N 125°13′56″W / 49.74750°N 125.23222°W / 49.74750; -125.23222
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