CFMX-FM (103.1

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) is a

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, and serving the

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area. It is owned by

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and airs a classical music

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branded as ''Classical 103.1''. It is a semi-satellite of

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's 96.3

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. All music programming originates from Toronto, although 24 hours per week of locally oriented

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, news and spoken word programming broadcasts from

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s in Cobourg. During the

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music shows, CFMX-FM inserts local commercials. CFMX-FM has an

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(ERP) of 86,700

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s. The

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is on Alnwick Hills Road in

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History

Early Years

CFMX-FM was launched in 1979 by D. B. Williamson, who also owned Cobourg's CHUC 1450 AM. The station was plagued with financial and technical problems in its early years, and in 1981 its license was briefly suspended by the

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(CRTC). Williamson's company went into

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in 1983, and the station was acquired by businessman Martin Rosenthal. In 1988, the station added a repeater in Mississauga on 96.3 FM, to serve

-area listeners. The 96.3 transmitter moved into Toronto in 1993. The station's operations eventually became centralized in Toronto by 1997, with a small sales office remaining in Cobourg. For all intents and purposes, the Toronto rebroadcaster was now the primary station.

Change in Ownership

In September 2006, Canadian broadcaster

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purchased the station. Znaimer changed the

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to CFMZ to reflect his initials. Toronto station

CKFM-FM CKFM-FM (''99.9 Virgin Radio'') is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting on 99.9 MHz in Toronto, Ontario. The station is owned by Bell Media. The station airs a Top 40/CHR format, and is the flagship of Canada's "Virgin Radio" stations. CKFM's ...

briefly attempted to change its call sign to CFMX (reflecting its branding as ''Mix 99.9'') after Znaimer adopted the CFMZ call sign, but was forced to revert to CKFM-FM because the Toronto transmitter had kept its original CFMX-FM-1 call sign.Call sign search
an
Broadcasting database (ZIP file)
(using the file ''fmstatio.dbf'') from Industry Canada. Retrieved on November 14, 2007. In September 2007, Znaimer also announced a deal to acquire CHWO 740 AM, an adult standards and

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station in Oakville. It is now known as CFZM.

Return to CFMX-FM

In 2008, the CRTC approved a license change that resulted in the Toronto rebroadcaster being upgraded to a full-fledged station. As part of the change, the CFMZ call sign moved to Toronto, while the Cobourg station reclaimed the original CFMX call letters. The station was originally owned by Znaimer's privately held MZ Media Inc., but as part of a reorganization of Znaimer's media assets, the station was transferred to the publicly traded

in 2010.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-193
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References

External links

Classical 103.1
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