CKCW-FM
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| City of license | Moncton, New Brunswick |
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| Branding | K94.5 |
| Slogan | Today's Best Music |
| Frequency | 94.5 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | December 4, 1934 |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary |
| ERP | 19 kWs |
| HAAT | 178.7 meters (586 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | randomly assigned, unofficially means Canada Knows Country and Western (during its days as a country music station) |
| Owner | Maritime Broadcasting System |
| Sister stations | CFQM-FM, CHOY-FM |
| Website | www.k945.ca |
CKCW-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 94.5 FM in Moncton, New Brunswick. The station plays a hot adult contemporary format branded as K94.5 and is owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System.
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History
CKCW originally began broadcasting on December 4, 1934 at 1370 kHz with 100 watts of power. The station was owned by Moncton Broadcasting Ltd. managed and owned by F.A. (Fred) Lynds. The frequency changed to 1400 kHz in 1941, and to 1220 kHz in 1946. Eastern Radio Broadcasting, the forerunner of MBS, purchased CKCW in 1972. CKCW was the only privately owned AM radio station ever to operate in Moncton. Noteworthy, many radio personalities who worked at CKCW 1220 in the 1970s and onward would attain success in larger markets such as Bro Jake, Bob Powers (The Legend), Marty Kingston, Larry Hennessey.
In 1976, a companion station was granted a licence to operate on the FM band, the first in Moncton, at frequency 103.9. CFQM-FM went on the air in 1977 with an easy listening format until its seguing to a country music format on January 1, 1979.
A co-owned television station, CKCW-TV, signed on in 1954 but was sold to CHUM Limited in 1972. It is now part of the CTV Atlantic (formerly ATV) network.
During the 1990s, CKCW had a soft adult contemporary format, then in 1994 switched to an oldies format. In August 1998, CKCW 1220 did a format flip to country music with sister station CFQM which would be branded as an Adult Contemporary station.
In 2001, CKCW moved to the FM band [1] and changed to a contemporary hit radio format branded as "Moncton's Newest Music K94.5". The new K 94.5 enjoyed early success with the new music format, however, constant tweaking of the format and lack of advertising led to the downfall of the format. By 2009, when sister station CFQM-FM moved from adult contemporary to classic hits, the station switched to its current format, as Mediabase and Nielsen BDS moved the station to the hot adult contemporary panel. A month later, sister station CIOK-FM in Saint John, New Brunswick did the same thing by moving from adult contemporary to contemporary hit radio, even though it is another station using the same K branding.
CKCW was the station to first hire international syndicated radio star AJ Reynolds.
CIOK-FM was never listed on Mediabase until March 2011, but used the same adds as CKCW-FM even after the adult top 40 shifts at those stations in 2009. As of August 2011, MBS's website shows that CKCW-FM's, and their sister station CIOK-FM's, formats as being CHR or Contemporary Hit Radio.[2]
Former on-air radio personalities (from 1970s onward)
- Ron Bourgeois AKA "The Little General" (Afternoon Fill-in and Staff Announcer 1969 - 1974)
- Rick Shalala (Evenings 1969-72 circa)
- Bob Steeves (P.D. 1966 - 1973)
- Art Noiles (Sports 1969-77) AHL Play by Play NB Hawks
- Doug Pond (Afternoons 1970-71; 1974-80 & PD / 1984-95)"Canadian Top 40"
- Sandy Gillis (Mornings 1972-74; Management 1978 - 1995)
- Roy Geldart (News 1972 - 1980) News Director & Editorial Writer
- Dave Lockhart (News 1973 - 2006) "Talk Back" host and News Director (1984 - 2006)
- Alan K. Parkes (News 1973 - 1978; 1980–81)
- Ed Lesley (News 1973 - 1976)
- Garnet Dee (Afternoons 1973-78) (Middays 1978-79)
- Gerry Proctor (News mid '70s
- Don Roady (Evenings 1973 - 1976)
- Greg Buckner (Swing Announcer 1975 - 1979)
- Rick Gordon (Midday Announcer 1975 - 1980)
- Wayne Spencer (News All day parts, 1975-2002)
- "Bro" Jake Edwards (Vernon Mazerolle) Evenings/Weekend afternoon 1976-79: CFMI (1996-2013); CKST TEAM 1040 (2013)
- Andy K
- Bob Powers (Evenings 1977-79) (The Legend)
- John Richard (JR) (1978–80) Later with CFQM-FM and CJSE-FM
- Marty Kingston (Sports 1978-82) AHL Play by Play (Later with Rock 103)
- John Bulgar (News 1978 - 1980; 1987 - 1993)
- Al Webster (News 1978-80)
- Jim Trites (Evenings 1979-83, Afternoons 1983-84)
- Robin Jeffries (Mornings 1980-87)
- Larry Hennessey (1980-1981)
- Chris Scott (1981)
- Tom (Chris) Reiser (Evenings 1983-84)
- Gair Maxwell (Sports 1984 - 1999)
- Don Martin (Evenings and Weekends 1984 - 86) "Countdown Atlantic""
- Paul Martin (Evenings 1985)
- Larry Christian (Midday Announcer 1985-87; Mornings 1987-98)
- Troy Tait (Evenings 1985-86) (Swing Announcer & Asst. P.D. 1988-91; 1993–97) Mornings 98-2003
- Mike Allain (O/N 1986-87; Evenings and Weekends 1988-89; afternoons 1998-2000)
- J.T. Edwards (Evenings 1986 - 1988 and weekends) - Troy Swinnemar
- Ian Hanomansing (Late 80's)
- Dale Alstrup (Evenings 1987-88)
- Robert Burns (News Midday and Afternoons, 1989-2002)
- Scotty Horseman (Evenings 1991-96) Mornings (early 2000s)
- Steve Power (O/Night, Evenings & Swing, 1992 - 2000)
- Tosh Taylor Mornings with Night and Tosh, then the KRise with Josh and Tosh
- Geoff Campbell (News Afternoon and weekends 1997 - 2000)
- Nathan Knight - Mornings with Knight and Tosh
- Colin Mckay (Evenings & Weekends 2001-2003)
- John Knox [Knox @ Night] 2002-2004
- Mick Stockley - 1970's afternoon show
- Brian Mackenzie - Sign-On Morning man 1960's - 70's.
- Jessy Horton - Evenings 2012-2014
- Taylor Whittamore - Mornings 2012-2013
- Bree Cancade - Mornings 2013
- Josh McLellan - Evenings, Production, Afternoons, Music Director 2006-2009. Mornings, 2012-2014 (now with 91.9 The Bend)
- Shane-O
References
External links
- K94.5
- CKCW-FM history - Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKCW-FM
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