CFBK-FM is a Canadian radio station that airs at 105.5 FM in

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with an adult hits format branded as 105.5 Moose FM. CFBK began broadcasting in 1958 as CKAR on the AM band at 590 kHz with a repeater in

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known as CKAR-1. In 1961, CKAR moved to 630 kHz and in 1977 became CFBK. In September 1987, the station converted to the FM band at 105.5 MHz and the old AM 630 frequency left the air for good on December 31 the same year. (CKAR was a former callsign of a radio station in

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, known today as

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, and the CKAR callsign currently belongs to a community radio station in Huntsville known as Hunters Bay Radio 88.7 FM and a ''defunct''

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station in

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, known as

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). Formerly owned by Muskoka-Parry Sound Broadcasting, the station's acquisition by

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on February 21, 2008. CFBK's branding was More-FM and changed to the Moose FM branding after the acquisition by the Haliburton Broadcasting Group in 2008 and then changed to The New 105.5 FM, Muskoka's Lite Favourites with a new high-powered signal in April 2010. They were rebranded once again as "105.5 Moose FM" in March 2013. In May 2014, the station changed their format to "World Class Rock." In 2015, the station changed to adult hits with "Huntsville's Biggest Variety" retaining the "Moose FM" branding. On May 1, 2008, CFBK-FM applied to the CRTC to increase its effective radiated power from 5,000 watts to 43,400 watts and received CRTC approval on June 1, 2009. On April 23, 2012,

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, which owns a number of radio stations in western Canada, announced a deal to acquire Haliburton Broadcasting, in cooperation with Westerkirk Capital. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012.

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Moose FM 105.5
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