CKKC-FM is a Canadian

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

that broadcasts a classic hits format at 106.9 FM in Nelson,

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. The station is owned by Vista Radio and is branded as ''106.9 Summit''. The station's programming is produced partly from its own studios, and from its sister station

CJAT-FM CJAT-FM (''Summit 95.7'') is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts an adult hits format at 95.7 FM in Trail, British Columbia and is also heard in Castlegar at 90.3 FM and Grand Forks at 103.3 FM, including other rebroadcasters. History Th ...

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. The station was launched in 1939 by the ''Nelson Daily News'' on AM as CKLN, it adopted its current call sign in 1967 and moved to the FM band in 2006.

History

As CKLN, the station was a

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affiliate until the 1960s. Bouncenelsonlogo

As part of a mass format reorganization by

Bell Media Bell Media Inc. (Canadian French, French: ) is a Canadian media conglomerate that is the mass media subsidiary of BCE Inc. (also known as Bell Canada Enterprises, the owner of telecommunications company Bell Canada). Its operations include nati ...

, on May 18, 2021, CKKC dropped the

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

format and the '' EZ Rock'' branding and flipped to adult hits, and adopted the ''Bounce'' branding. On February 8, 2024, Bell announced a restructuring that included the sale of 45 of its 103 radio stations to seven buyers, subject to approval by the CRTC, including CKKC, which was to be sold to Vista Radio. The sale was approved in 2025. The sale took effect April 14, 2025, and Vista rebranded the station as 106.9 Summit with a classic hits format.

Rebroadcasters

*CKKC-1-FM 101.9 - Crawford Bay *CKZX-FM 93.5 -

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*CKZX-FM-1 95.3 - Kaslo *CKBS-FM 103.1 - NakuspDecision CRTC 97-80
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References

External links

106.9 Summit

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