CKGF-2-FM is a Canadian

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that broadcasts an

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commercial FM radio active rock format at 102.3

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( FM) in

Grand Forks, British Columbia Grand Forks, population 4,112, is a city in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Granby and Kettle Rivers, a tributary of the Columbia River. The city is just nort ...

. The station is currently owned by

Vista Broadcast Group Vista Radio Ltd. (also formerly known as Vista Broadcast Group) is a Canadian radio broadcasting company. The company only owned stations in British Columbia until 2007, when it expanded outside the province by acquiring an existing station in Ye ...

History

Okanagan Radio Limited (with headquarters in Penticton, B.C.) originally launched CKGF at 1340 kHz ( AM) in

in June 1969. The call letters "GF" stood for Grand Forks. In 1984, CKGF received

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approval to add new FM transmitters in Christina Lake, Greenwood and

Rock Creek, British Columbia Rock Creek is in the Boundary Country region of south central British Columbia. The unincorporated settlement is mostly on the southwest side of the Kettle River at the confluence with Rock Creek. The place lies at the junction of BC Highway 33 ...

. The rebroadcast transmitters were on the air by the late 1980s. Around that time, CKGF began operating as a semi-satellite of CJAT in

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. In 1993, CKGF began simulcasting programs of CKQR Castlegar. On August 18, 2004, Boundary Broadcasting was authorized to delete the originating CKGF Grand Forks transmitter, which was already off the air. CKGF-2-FM Greenwood became the originating station for repeaters CKGF-1-FM Christina Lake, and CKGF-3-FM Rock Creek. The arrangement became official on January 16, 2007. On March 3, 2014, the CRTC approved Vista's application to operate a new originating station in Grand Forks, of which the current CKGF transmitters in Greenwood, Rock Creek and Christina Lake would rebroadcast. The new station will operate at 102.3 MHz with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 589 watts (maximum ERP of 1,043 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of -353 metres).Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-95
''CRTC'', March 3, 2014 On March 10, 2016, at 1 p.m., the station dropped the

CKQR-FM CKQR-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a classic rock format at 99.3 FM in Castlegar, British Columbia. The station s branded as ''The GOAT'' and it is owned by the Vista Broadcast Group. History The station originally signed on ...

simulcast and flipped to adult hits as 102.3 Juice FM.

Rebroadcasters

References

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102.3 Juice FM
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Radio stations established in 1969 1969 establishments in British Columbia