CKEX-FM is a radio station in

Red Deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of we ...

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

. Owned by

Harvard Media Harvard Media, formerly Harvard Broadcasting is a radio broadcasting and digital media company in Canada. It is owned by The Hill Companies of Regina. Radio stations * Calgary, Alberta - CFEX-FM * Edmonton, Alberta - CKEA-FM, CKPW-FM * Fort McMu ...

, it broadcasts an

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

format branded as ''X 100.7''.

History

CKRI-FM 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 ...

on October 17, 2008, along with other new applications to serve Red Deer.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-287
/ref> CKRI launched on August 6, 2010 as ''100.7 The River'', with an

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, quie ...

format. In August 2014,the station flipped to adult hits as ''100.7 Cruz FM'' (modelled upon Edmonton sister station

CKEA-FM CKEA-FM (95.7 MHz, ''95.7 Cruz FM'') is a radio station serving Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Harvard Media, it broadcasts a rock-leaning classic hits format. CKEA's studios are located on Calgary Trail in Edmonton, while its transmitter is loca ...

). In January 2018, the station flipped to alternative rock as ''X100.7'' (modelled upon Calgary sister station CFEX-FM). The station changed its call letters to CKEX-FM.

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