CKDR-FM is a

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, Canada. The station broadcasts an

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format at 92.7 FM. CKDR also has

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s in

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Ignace Ignace is a township in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located at Highway 17 (Trans Canada Highway) and Secondary Highway 599, and on the Canadian Pacific Railway between Thunder Bay and Kenora. It is on the shore of ...

, Red Lake and

Sioux Lookout Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Located approximately northwest of Thunder Bay, it has a population of 5,272 people (up 4.7% since 2011), an elevation of , and its boundaries cover an area of , of which is lake and wetl ...

History

CKDR was launched in 1963 on its original frequency of 900 kHz. In 1979, Fawcett Broadcasting was given approval to add rebroadcast transmitters for CKDR at Ear Falls, Hudson, and Sioux Lookout, while a transmitter was added to Red Lake in 1980. CKDR moved to 800 kHz in 1984 and remained there until November 8, 2005, when the station converted to 92.7 MHz.

Rebroadcasters

In 1977, CKDR received approval for a 50 watt rebroadcaster at Ignace, to operate on 1340 kHz with a call sign CKIG. On June 27, 1979, CKDR received approval to add rebroadcast transmitters at Ear Falls (CKEF 1490 kHz, 40 watts), Hudson (CKHD 1450 kHz, 40 watts), and Sioux Lookout (CKSI 1400 kHz, 50 watts). In 1981, CKEF Ear Falls was authorized to change frequencies from 1490 kHz to 1450 kHz. During the 1980s, rebroadcasters CKIG, CKEF, CKHD and CKSI would all adopt the CKDR callsign. In 2006, CKDR was given approval by the

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to convert ''CKDR-2 and CKDR-5 to 97.1 MHz to replace the AM signals. In December 2007, the Sioux Lookout repeater was converted to 97.1 FM. In the fall of 2008 the Red Lake AM repeater was also converted to 97.1 MHz. On June 8, 2010, co-owned

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applied to use the rebroadcasting transmitter CKDR-6

Atikokan Atikokan (, Ojibwe for 'caribou bones') is a town in the Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population was 2,642 as of the 2021 census. The town is one of the main entry points into Quetico Provincial Park and promotes itse ...

to rebroadcast CFOB-FM instead of CKDR-2-FM Sioux Lookout. The CRTC approved the plan on August 19, 2010. Community leaders in Atikokan said their community has stronger ties to Fort Frances, than to Dryden. The 50-Watt rebroadcaster and an FM

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transmitter ( CBQI-FM 90.1) provide the only local radio reception in Atikokan, which has a population of about 3,300. On June 2, 2014, CKDR received approval from the CRTC to convert CKDR-1 to 97.5 MHz with the effective radiated power of 50 watts. On November 27, 2015, CKDR submitted an application to convert CKDR-4 to 97.5 MHz. This was approved on March 9, 2016. CKDR-3 Hudson is the last AM transmitter to rebroadcast CKDR-FM Dryden. On December 18, 2018, Acadia Broadcasting has applied to convert CKDR-3 to 97.5 MHz. This application to move CKDR-3 to FM was approved by the CRTC on March 5, 2019. CKDR shut down its last AM transmitter at 1450 kHz in Hudson and moved to its new FM frequency at 97.5 MHz in August 2019.AM 1450 in Hudson is Gone – 97.5 FM On the Air
''CKDR News Dryden'', August 30, 2019

References

External links

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