CHFX-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 101.9 FM in Halifax,

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. The station currently plays a

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format branded on-air as ''FX101.9''. CHFX's studios are located at 90 Lovett Lake Court, while its transmitter is located on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park. The station is owned and operated by the

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, which also owns sister station

CHNS-FM CHNS-FM (89.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The station airs a classic hits radio format branded as ''89.9 The Wave''. CHNS is owned and operated by the Maritime Broadcasting System which also owns sis ...

. The station has been on the air since November

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, beginning as a simulcast of its sister station CHNS when it was an AM station. It gained the callsign CHFX and switched to country music at the beginning of the 1970s and picked up the branding of ''Hot Country 101.9 CHFX'' in the 80s, until the 90s when it simply shifted to ''Country 101'' before settling on ''FX101.9'' as branding in the mid 2000s.

Current hosts

* Frankie Hollywood & MJ (FX Mornings) * Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40

References

External links

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