CKMQ-FM is a
radio station
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broadcasting at 101.1
FM in
Merritt, British Columbia, Canada. The station broadcasts 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 branded as ''Q101''.
The station was originally launched in 1970 on
AM 1230 as CJNL. Merritt Broadcasting, that station's owner, received
CRTC approval to convert to the FM band in 2009,
[CRTC Decision 2009-223]
and the station was relaunched on FM on August 31 that year. Simultaneously, the company's former sister division, NL Broadcasting, received approval to launch a separate
rebroadcaster
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...
of
CHNL
CHNL (''Radio NL'') is a radio station in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The station, owned by the Stingray Group since 2018, airs a classic hits format with some talk and sports at 610 on the AM dial. The station launched on May 1, 1970. ...
, the company's
talk
Talk may refer to:
Communication
* Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people
* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
station in
Kamloops
Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the South flowing North Thompson River and the West flowing Thompson River, east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, w ...
, on CJNL's old AM frequency.
On December 22, 2020, the CRTC approved the completed acquisition of Merritt Broadcasting Ltd. to
Jim Pattison Group
The Jim Pattison Group is a Canadian conglomerate based in Vancouver. In a recent survey by the Financial Post, the firm was ranked as Canada's 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur, is the chairman, CEO, and sole ...
[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2020/2020-410.htm CRTC Decision 2020-410]
References
External links
Q101*
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Radio stations established in 1970
Kmq
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1970 establishments in British Columbia
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