CFQK-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 104.5
FM in
Kaministiquia, Ontario
Kaministiquia () is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Thunder Bay District on Highway 102 approximately 30 kilometres west of Thunder Bay. A designated place served by a local services board, Kaministiquia had a p ...
. The station airs a
contemporary hit radio music format as ''Energy 103/104''.
The station also broadcasts on 103.5 FM in
Shuniah
Shuniah () is a municipal township bordering the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada on the east. Shuniah was incorporated by an act of the Ontario legislature in 1873, and at that time included much of present-day Thunder Bay and its predecesso ...
, with the callsign CKED-FM.
History
On September 15, 2000, Joel Virtanen, on behalf of Northwest Broadcasting, received approval by the
CRTC
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...
to operate a new FM radio station to broadcast at 104.5 MHz in Kaministiquia.
CFQK-FM began broadcasting at 104.5 FM Kaministiquia in 2001 or 2002.
On November 21, 2002, the CRTC approved Northwest Broadcasting Inc.'s application to operate a new FM transmitter at Mount Baldy to serve Shuniah on the frequency of 103.5 MHz and would rebroadcast the programming of CFQK-FM Kaministiquia. The CKED-FM transmitter signed on at 103.5 MHz Shuniah in 2003. Both frequencies are low-power transmitters with partial audience reach into the nearby city of
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population i ...
.
On June 10, 2005, the CRTC denied an application by
Dougall Media
Dougall Media is a Canadian media company, which has several television, radio and publishing holdings in Northwestern Ontario.
Television
Dougall Media owns CKPR, a CTV affiliate (formerly a CBC affiliate until August 31, 2014), and CHFD, a ...
to acquire the station.
Since CFQK-FM signed on in 2002, the station has gone through a number of short-lived formats such as hot ac/
oldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as ...
''Max 104.5'', country music "Cottage Country 104", and
adult hits ''Larry FM''. In mid-2005, the station dropped the adult hits "Larry FM" format and switched to a
hot adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...
format known as ''103.5, 104.5 HOT-FM''. Earlier that same year, an unrelated radio station
CKTG-FM
CKTG-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 105.3 FM broadcasting, FM in Thunder Bay, Ontario, owned by Acadia Broadcasting. The station broadcasts a country music, country format using the on-air brand name as ''Country 105''.
History
T ...
in Thunder Bay dropped its ''Hot 105.3'' Hot AC/CHR format to
classic rock
Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, prima ...
.
In May 2008, CFQK-FM and its repeater CKED-FM once again changed formats this time to a
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
format, known as ''103.5 The Thunder''.
In April 2010, the station applied to increase the effective radiated power for CFQK-FM from 50 watts to 250 watts and its repeater CKED-FM from 10 watts to 250 watts. This application was denied by the CRTC on October 15, 2010.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-763
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On June 13, 2014, CFQK-FM and CKED-FM dropped the Thunder Country format and switched to a contemporary hit radio format as ''Energy FM''.
On January 3, 2022, the station made a slight rebrand as Energy 103/104, Thunder Bay's Hit Music Station. The rebrand was accompanied by a new logo.
Transmitters
References
External links
CFQK - Energy FM
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Radio stations established in 2002
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