CKEA-FM (95.7

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, ''95.7 Cruz FM'') is a

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serving

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. Owned by

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, it broadcasts a

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-leaning

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format. CKEA's studios are located on Calgary Trail in Edmonton, while its transmitter is located at Ellerslie Road and Provincial Highway 21, just southeast of Edmonton city limits. As of Feb 28, 2021, CKEA is the 11th-most-listened-to radio station in the Edmonton market according to a PPM data report released by

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History

The station's license was approved by the CRTC in July 2009, and officially launched on September 6, 2010 as ''95.7 The Sound'', with an

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format. On March 25, 2011, at Noon, the station flipped to

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branded as ''Lite 95.7'', launching with a weekend of

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to promote that it would do so every holiday season afterwards under the format. On December 27, 2013 at Noon the station flipped to a

-leaning adult hits format as ''95.7 Cruz FM'', joining an increasing number of Harvard stations across Canada in doing so. The station's branding and format is modelled upon sister station

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, which adopted it the previous year. The first songs as Cruz were a double-side play of "

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" and "

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