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| Broadcast area | Peterborough County |
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| Frequency | 100.5MHz (FM) |
| Branding | 100.5Fresh Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| CKWF-FM,CHEX-DT | |
| History | |
First air date | 1942 (AM) 2009 (FM) |
Former call signs | CHEX (1942–1992) |
Former frequencies | 1430kHz (AM) (1942–1958) 980 kHz (1958–2009) |
Call sign meaning | C KRUz (former branding) |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 5,000watts (15,000 maximum) |
| HAAT | 75.3 meters (247 ft) |
| Links | |
| Website | 1005freshradio.ca |
CKRU-FM (100.5MHz) is acommercialradio station inPeterborough,Ontario, Canada. It broadcasts ahot adult contemporaryformat. CKRU-FM is owned byCorus Entertainment and is branded as100.5Fresh Radio.
The stationsigned on the air in 1942. Thecall sign wasCHEX and it was anAM station at 1430kHz. It is Peterborough's oldest radio station. In 1959, it added a television station,CHEX-TV on Channel 12.
CHEX moved to 980 kHz in 1958. The station was anaffiliate ofCBC Radio'sDominion Network until 1962. In 1968, an FM station was added at 101.5, which today isCKWF-FM. CHEX becameCKRU in 1992. The CHEX call letters remain with Channel 12, which had separate ownership at the time.
On October 11, 2007, CKRU applied to theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to convert to the FM band.[1]
On May 8, 2008, CKRU was given approval to convert to the FM band at 96.7 MHz, however, Pineridge Broadcasting, who ownsCKSG-FM andCHUC-FM inCobourg, had selected the 96.7 FM frequency for a newadult contemporary station (CJWV-FM). As a result, CKRU had to then do research to find another FM frequency, and applied to broadcast at 100.5 FM.[2] This application to convert CKRU from 980 AM to 100.5 FM was approved on December 1, 2008.[3][4] On December 23, 2008, the licensee proposed to change the authorized contours by decreasing the average effective radiated power from 50,000 watts to 7,500 watts.[5]
On June 15, 2009, CKRU launched its new signal on 100.5 FM.[6][unreliable source?] The new programming on 100.5 FM was simulcast on the old AM 980 signal until it was shut down on September 28, 2009. CKRU was Peterborough's first and last AM radio station. On October 25, 2010, just over a year after the AM transmitter was turned off, the former AM 980 transmitters were torn down.[7] After moving to FM, the new station becameclassic hits branded as100.5 Kruz FM and featured greatest hits of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In later years, the station added 1990s and current music to its playlist.
On August 29, 2014, CKRU flipped fromclassic hits/oldies tohot adult contemporary and rebranded toHits 100.5.[8] In February 2015, the station re-branded as100.5Fresh Radio, maintaining the same format.
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