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| Broadcast area | Chatham-Kent Essex County Windsor |
| Frequency | 95.1MHz |
| Branding | 95.1/100.7 Cool FM |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Blackburn Radio |
| History | |
First air date | October 6, 1999 (1999-10-06) |
Former frequencies | 94.3 MHz (1999–2002) |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B (CKUE-FM) B1 (CKUE-FM-1) |
| ERP | 42,000watts (CKUE-FM) 3,840 watts average, 9,000 watts peak (CKUE-FM1) |
| HAAT | 133.5 meters (438 ft) (CKUE-FM) 74.5 meters (244 ft) (CKUE-FM-1) |
| Repeater | CKUE-FM-1 100.7 Windsor |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | chatham.coolradio.ca |
CKUE-FM is aradio station located inChatham-Kent,Ontario. Owned byBlackburn Radio, the station broadcasts aclassic hits format under the name95.1/100.7 Cool FM. The station broadcasts on 95.1MHz, and operates arebroadcaster serving the nearbyWindsor market,CKUE-FM-1, on 100.7 MHz.
CKUE's main signal is broadcast from atransmitter tower a few kilometres west of the community of Chatham, Ontario, with an effective radiated power of 42,000watts.
The station began operations on October 6, 1999 under the ownership of Bea-Ver Communications, broadcasting anactive rock format on 94.3 FM.[1] On May 4, 2002, CKUE switched frequencies with its sister stationCKSY-FM to obtain its current frequency of 95.1 FM.
CKUE began operating asynchronized on-channel rebroadcaster serving the nearbyWindsor market,CKUE-FM-1, in March 2004 from an antenna mounted on the top of the 26-floor Solidarity Tower Co-Op apartment building on the city's east end.[2] In 2005,Blackburn Radio acquired CKUE along withsister station CKSY-FM. In September 2006, theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved an application by Blackburn to move the Windsor signal from 95.1 to 100.7 MHz. This change allowed the Windsor and Chatham transmitters to increase their transmitter power.[3][4]
During the 2004-2005, and 2005-2006 seasons of theOntario Hockey League, 95.1 provided live coverage ofWindsor Spitfires games, with Shadd Dales on play-by-play and Brendan McGuire on colour. They returned toCKLW in 2006.
On January 30, 2014, at 6 p.m., CKUE-FM ended itsactive rock format and switched tosoft adult contemporary, branded asLiteFM. Station management cited increased competition fromDetroit based stations as reasoning for the change.[5]
On April 16, 2015, at 10 a.m., CKUE-FM flipped again, this time tovariety hits asCool FM; Blackburn Radio's general manager Walter Ploegman stated that the "Lite" format was characterized by listeners as being "too soft and sleepy", and that the new format would be targeted to a middle-aged adult demographic that is "on the go, active, and looking for fun".[6][7]
In 2016, a new low-powered FM station began testing in nearbyFerndale,Michigan, also on 100.7 MHz. NamedWFCB-LP, the station broadcasts with just 100 watts at 81 feet above the ground, and may be subject to interference from CKUE-FM-1, due to its vastly higher power (3,840 watts average/9,000 peak), and the fact that its antenna atop Solidarity Tower is adjacent to theDetroit River, and therefore, only a few hundred feet from theCanada–United States border (which sits in the middle of the river).
In the summer of 2018, the "Cool" format was modified from variety hits to a morerock-orientedclassic hits format. The station now uses the tagline "Great Hits and Real Classics" rather than "We Play it All".
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