CKNC-FM is a radio station in

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, broadcasting on 99.7 MHz with an

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format branded as ''Oldies 99.7''. The station is owned by

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, who first applied to operate a second station in Simcoe on June 9, 2017. The

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approved the application,Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-191
SimcoeEnglish-language FM radio station in Simcoe, ''CRTC'', June 9, 2017 and CKNC signed on the air on September 1, 2017, with the first song being

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' hit

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Notes

The CKNC callsign was used at a television station in

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from 1971 until 2002. CKNC was also the original callsign, in the 1920s and 1930s, of a radio station in

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that now uses the callsign CJBC.

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Oldies 99.7
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