CKEZ-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.9 FM in

New Glasgow New Glasgow is a town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait. The town's population was 9,075 ...

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. The station airs an

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active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge ...

format branded as ''Q97.9''. The station is owned by the

Stingray Group Stingray Group Inc. (formerly Stingray Digital and Stingray Digital Group) is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company based in Montreal, Quebec, with offices in the United States, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, ...

which also owns sister station CKEC-FM.

History

On May 9, 2012, Hector Broadcasting Company received a licence from the

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(CRTC) to operate a new

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FM radio station in New Glasgow/Pictou County. The station began broadcasting on September 15, 2014, as ''Classic Rock 97.9''. In November 2017, it was announced that pending approval by the

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, this station and its sister CKEC were to be purchased by

Newcap Radio Stingray Radio (formerly Newcap Radio) is a Canadian radio broadcasting conglomerate owned by Stingray Group. It owns and operates 101 radio stations in Canada—making it the second-largest radio conglomerate in Canada behind Bell Media. It also ...

, and was included in the sale of Newcap stations to

. On January 15, 2021, the station rebranded as ''Q97.9'', as part of a merger of branding and programming with Halifax sister station

CFRQ-FM CFRQ-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 104.3 FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is owned by Stingray Radio and airs a mainstream rock format. CFRQ uses the on-air brand name ''Q104'' (''The Mighty Q'' or ''The Q'' for short). CFRQ's audi ...

References

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KEZ Kez (russian: Кез) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Kezsky District Kezsky District (russian: Ке́зский райо́н; udm, Кез ёрос, ''Kez joros'') is an administrativeConstitution of the ...

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Radio stations established in 2012 2012 establishments in Nova Scotia

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