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For the radio station that was CKBY-FM from 2000 to 2020, see CJET-FM.
For the radio station that was CKBY-FM from 1972 to 2000, see CISS-FM.
CKBY-FM
Broadcast areaNational Capital Region
Frequency101.1 MHz (FM)
BrandingCityNews Ottawa
Programming
FormatNews-Talk
AffiliationsABC News Radio
Toronto Blue Jays Radio Network
CBS Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner
CHEZ-FM, CISS-FM, CIWW, CJET-FM
History
First air date
January 20, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-01-20)
Technical information
ClassC
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT141.5 meters (464 ft)
Links
WebsiteOttawa.CityNews.ca

CKBY-FM (101.1 MHz, CityNews Ottawa) is a commercial radio station licensed to Smiths Falls, Ontario, and serving the National Capital Region including Ottawa. It is owned by Rogers Sports and Media and it simulcasts a News-Talk radio format with co-owned CIWW 1310 AM. CKBY-FM has radio studios in Smiths Falls (as part of its license agreement), with auxiliary studios at the Rogers Ottawa cluster on Thurston Drive and Conroy Road.

CKBY-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the current maximum power for Canadian FM stations. The transmitter is on Ontario Highway 15 near Line Route 7 in Beckwith, Ontario.[1]

Programming

On weekdays, local all-news blocks are heard in morning and afternoon drive time. In middays, two local talk shows air: Rob Snow in late mornings and Sam Laprade in early afternoons. Their shows are repeated in the evening. Overnights feature the national all-news service shared with CFTR Toronto, CFFR Calgary and CKWX Vancouver.[2]

On weekends, all-news blocks are heard in the morning and overnight, with talk shows in the afternoon and CBS Sports Radio in the evening. ABC News Radio supplies reports on world and U.S. news. Toronto Blue Jays baseball games are carried. The Blue Jays, CKBY-FM and CIWW are all co-owned by Rogers Communications.[3]

History

The station was launched in 1969 as CJET-FM, a sister station to the AM radio station CJET, and changed its callsign to CKUE in the early 1970s.

In 1984, the stations were acquired by CHEZ-FM Inc., the owner of Ottawa's CHEZ. In 1986, CKUE changed its callsign to CHEQ, and adopted the Q101 brand. Q101 switched from its longtime adult contemporary format to country music in 1990, but the country format was financially unsuccessful.

In 1993, CHEZ acquired rights to the callsign and format of CFMO, an easy listening station in Ottawa which CHUM Limited had converted to hot adult contemporary CKKL.

In 1999, the CHEZ group of stations were acquired by Rogers Media.[4] On December 31 of that year, Rogers converted the station to a modern rock format and moved the station's studios into Ottawa, using the callsign CIOX and the brand name Xfm. However, in 2001 the CRTC found that by operating CIOX as an Ottawa station, Rogers was in contravention of market concentration rules about the number of radio stations in a single market that can be owned by the same company. As a result, the CRTC ordered Rogers to return the station to Smiths Falls.[5]

In October 2003, the station stunted for the day as 101.1 Frank FM, playing pretty much anything.[6][7]

On January 9, 2004, at Noon, the station adopted its current format when Rogers converted the former CKBY in Ottawa to the current CISS. 101.1 became CKBY "Y101", and 105.3 became CISS a month later after the format change. The final song as 101.1 Xfm was Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day.

On June 28, 2013 at 3PM, CKBY-FM changed its moniker to Country 101.1 (pronounced as "Country One-Oh-One-One"). It was part of Rogers' changing of its country-formatted stations to a unified brand. Other than the branding change, no format or staff changes occurred.[8]

On December 3, 2020, Rogers reorganized the content of three of its Ottawa-area stations. CIWW 1310 News became CityNews, simulcast on both 1310 AM and on 101.1 FM. The station at 92.3 FM was rebranded Country 92.3.[9] [10]

To coincide with Rogers' Ottawa station reorganization, the radio stations at 92.3 and 101.1 swapped their call signs. CKBY-FM moved from 101.1 to 92.3 FM. And CJET-FM moved from 92.3 to 101.1.[11]

References

  1. ^ FCCdata.org/CKBY-FM
  2. ^ "Ottawa Radio Program Schedule".
  3. ^ "Blue Jays Radio Network".
  4. ^ Decision CRTC 99-158
  5. ^ Decision CRTC 2001-257
  6. ^ 9. Canada Meets "Jack," "Bob" and "Dave" Scott Fybush, North East Radio Watch, Year in review 2003
  7. ^ all eyes were on Rogers' CKBY-FM 105.3 Ottawa over the New Year holiday Scott Fybush, North East Radio Watch, January 5, 2004 Archived December 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Radio Insight: "Rogers Launches Canadian Country Brand", July 3, 2013.
  9. ^ "1310 NEWS becomes CityNews, serving Ottawa and the Valley". CityNews. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  10. ^ JACK has hit the road, Hometown News, December 4, 2020
  11. ^ Call Letter Changes in Smiths Falls, Canadian Radio News, December 12, 2020

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