CKVH-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
format at 93.5 FM in
High Prairie, Alberta
High Prairie is a town in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County. It is located at the junction of Alberta Highway 2, Highway 2 and Alberta Highway 749, Highway 749, approximately northeast of Valleyview, Alberta, Valleyview and wes ...
. The station is branded as Real Country 93.5 FM and was owned 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 ...
before they were bought out by
Stingray Digital
Stingray Group Inc. (formerly Stingray Digital and Stingray Digital Group) is a publicly traded Media of Canada, Canadian media and entertainment company based in Montreal, Quebec, with offices in the United States, Belgium, the United Kingdom, t ...
.
History
After being given
CRTC
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approval in 1989, the station signed on in 1990 as a part of the Nor-Net Communications radio network, that operated stations throughout Alberta and
Northern BC.
In September 2006, CKVH-AM switched from country (Cat Country) to classic hits (The Fox).
On 21 April 2009, Newcap Radio received CRTC approval to convert CKVH from 1020 AM to 93.5 FM. The FM switchover took effect on 15 October 2010.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-205
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On 15 October 2010, CKVH converted to the FM dial and became known as 93.5 Prairie FM. On 2 May 2014, CKVH-FM changed its format back to country but kept the ''Prairie FM brand''.
In November 2016, CKVH rebranded under the ''Real Country'' brand, as with other Newcap-owned country stations in Alberta.
References
External links
Real Country 93.5 FM
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Radio stations established in 1990
1990 establishments in Alberta
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