CKRY-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a

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format at 105.1 FM in

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. The station uses its on-air brand name ''Country 105''. The station is owned by

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, which also owns sister stations

CHQR CHQR is a radio station owned by Corus Entertainment operating in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Broadcasting at AM 770, it airs talk programming. With the exception of one show, all of CHQR's weekday programming is produced in-house. CHQR is also th ...

CFGQ-FM CFGQ-FM (107.3 FM, ''Q107'') is a radio station in Calgary, Alberta. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts a classic rock format. CFGQ's studios are located on 17th Ave SW near Westbrook Mall, while its transmitter is located at 85th Stree ...

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, and

CISA-DT CISA-DT (channel 7) is a television station in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, part of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, the station maintains studios inside the Royal Bank building at the co ...

. CKRY's studios are located on 17th Ave SW near

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, while its transmitter is located at 85th Street Southwest and Old Banff Coach Road in western Calgary. As of Winter 2020, CKRY is the 5th-most-listened-to radio station in the Calgary market according to a PPM data report released by

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. Country 105 has been awarded Station of the Year several times, most recently in 2019. A transmitter located in Banff, Alberta, rebroadcasts the station at 93.3 FM. In December 2015, CKRY launched

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services, becoming the first station in Alberta to do so. Their HD2 sub-channel airs a simulcast of sister station

. On April 1. 2016, Corus acquired

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, giving CKRY two TV stations ( CISA and CICT) for additional sister networks. CKRY is simulcast across Canada on

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References

External links

Country 105

CKRY-FM history
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