CJXY-FM (107.9

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) is a Canadian

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serving the

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market, licensed to the suburb of Burlington. The station broadcasts an

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-leaning

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format as ''Y108''. CJXY's studios are located on Main Street West (next to Highway 403) in Hamilton, while its

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is located atop the

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near Cedar Springs Rd and No 1 Side Rd in Burlington.

History

The station was originally launched in 1948 as 94.1 CHML-FM, a simulcast of AM station CHML. The simulcast was subsequently dropped in the 1950s, leaving the station silent. The owners relaunched the FM signal on 95.3 in 1964, with distinct programming from its AM

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. In 1967, the station adopted the new callsign CKDS-FM, in honour of company founder Kenneth D. Soble, who had died in 1966. In 1974, CHML and CKDS-FM were purchased by ML Radio, a division of what was to become

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. On September 1, 1991, CKDS-FM dropped its long-time

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format, and adopted the CJXY callsign and a

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format as ''Y95''.Eric Kohanik, "CKDS signs off as Y95 rocks on," ''The Hamilton Spectator'', August 28, 1991. In 2000, CHML and CJXY were acquired by

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. On August 31, 2001, CJXY swapped frequencies with Corus' CING-FM, taking over CING's former 107.9 frequency; at the same time, it changed its moniker to the current ''Y108''.

References

External links

Y108

CJXY-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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