CFHK-FM

CFHK-FM

City	St. Thomas, Ontario
Broadcast area	Southwestern Ontario
Branding	103.1 Fresh Radio
Slogan	Today's Best Mix
Frequency	103.1 MHz (FM)
First air date	May 14, 1948
Format	Hot adult contemporary
Audience share	7.4% ^[1]
ERP	16,700 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Canada's FresH Kind or The HawK (the former branding now used on sister station CKDK-FM)
Owner	Corus Entertainment (Corus Premium Television Ltd.)
Website	www.1031freshradio.ca

CFHK-FM is a radio station serving St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada that transmits at 16.7 kW on a 492-foot (150 m)-high transmitter at 103.1 FM. Owned by Corus Entertainment, the station broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format branded as 103.1 Fresh Radio. Although licensed to St. Thomas, the station's studios and offices are located in nearby London, with the other Corus Radio London stations.

History

CFHK was originally CHLO, an AM station broadcasting on 680 kHz and with studios in St. Thomas, Ontario. Rogers Radio Broadcasting Limited wanted to establish broadcasting on the frequency 680 kHz in Toronto, which at that time was occupied by CHLO. An "agreement" was reached whereby CHLO relocated to 1570 kHz in the 1970s. CHLO had a Top 40 music format during the 1960s into the 70s, and was a Music of Your Life station in the mid-1980s.^[2] After a number of years as a country station, CHLO moved to the FM band in 1994, changing its calls to CFHK-FM. CFHK, known on-air as "The Hawk", had a modern rock format, which later evolved into classic rock. The station continued to operate out of St. Thomas until the late 1990s.

On January 12, 2000, CFHK joined the "Energy Radio" network, while The Hawk moved to co-owned CKDK in Woodstock. The Energy Radio network was unstable and station branding changed frequently. In 2002, the network was pulled. CFHK became local again as "Energy 103", serving only London and surrounding area. In August 2004, Energy Radio changed formats to its current adult top 40 format to go up against adult contemporary station CIQM-FM and adult hits station CHST-FM. The flip to hot AC was caused by previous hot AC station CHST-FM flipping to its current Bob FM format in July 2003. In August 2005, the Energy Radio brand was folded completely, and CFHK rebranded as "103-1 Fresh FM", due to the fact it could match the current CFHK calls. The morning program featuring "D, Mindy & Gord" moved from co-owned CFPL-FM (FM96) to launch the new station format.

In February 2011, Mindy Williamson was let go from Fresh Mornings, as the radio station apparently indicated they were moving in another 'direction'. D (Darrin Laidman) and Gord remained as morning show hosts for a while longer. Fresh Mornings hosts are now Ian Sterling and Kim Woodbridge. Williamson is now with CHST-FM in London, and D. is now morning host at 95.3 Fresh FM in Hamilton.^[3]

By September 2010, CIQM-FM flipped to hot adult contemporary from its longtime adult contemporary format, competing with CFHK. By August 2012, CIQM-FM flipped to top 40, leaving CFHK as the only hot AC station again in London. This was to fill the void left by the pre-2004 CFHK.

On December 11, 2013, Corus Radio received CRTC approval to change the authorized contours of CFHK-FM, as well as its class from B to C1, plus increasing the average effective radiated power (ERP) from 16,700 watts to 22,000 watts (maximum ERP from 50,000 watts to 60,000 watts), increasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain (HAAT) from 150 metres to 179.6 metres, and relocating the transmission site from its current location, on Elgin County Road 30 at Truman Line north of St. Thomas, to its new location on CFPL-DT's tower on Tower Road in South Bruce.^[4]^[5] The station will broadcast directionally towards the north and south, to protect other stations on or first-adjacent to CFHK-FM, including WQUS Lapeer, Michigan (also on 103.1), CKCI-FM 103.3 Sarnia, and CKLH-FM 102.9 in Hamilton.^[5]

References

↑ "Spring 2013 BBM Canada Survey"
↑ Decision CRTC 93-672
↑ http://www.corusent.com/home/Corporate/PressReleases/tabid/1697/Default.aspx?Id=2171
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-676, CFHK-FM St. Thomas –Technical change, CRTC, December 11, 2013.
1 2 https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201309584

External links

Radio stations in London, Ontario

London	CFPL 980 CJBK 1290 CJIQ 88.3 CBLA-2 89.1 CKXM 90.5 CBL-2 90.7 CJBX 92.7 CBCL 93.5 CHRW 94.9 CFPL 95.9 CIQM 97.5 CKLO 98.1 CJBC-4 99.3 CHJX 99.9 CBBL 100.5 CHST 102.3 CIXX 106.9 carrier current CFRL 98.7 Defunct CKSL 1410

Elgin County	Aylmer CHPD 105.9 St. Thomas VF8016 90.1 CKZM 94.1 CFHK 103.1

Oxford County	Tillsonburg CKOT 101.3 CJDL 107.3 Woodstock CJFH 94.3 CKDK 103.9 CIHR 104.7

Simcoe	CHCD 98.9

Stratford	CJCS 1240 CHGK 107.7

Strathroy	CJMI 105.7

HD Radio	104.7-1 104.7-2

Ontario radio markets Cornwall & Eastern Ontario Hamilton-Niagara Kenora District First Nations Radio Kingston-Brockville Kitchener-Waterloo London Midwestern Ontario North Bay Ottawa Parry Sound-Muskoka-Haliburton Pembroke/Ottawa Valley Peterborough Quinte/Belleville-Trenton Rainy River Simcoe County/Barrie/Orillia Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay Timiskaming Timmins Toronto Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia See also List of radio stations in Ontario

Corus Entertainment

Broadcast television

Global (O&O)	CFRE CFSK CHAN CHBC CHNB CICT CIHF CIII CISA CITV CKMI CKND

CTV	CHEX CHEX-TV-2 CKWS

Cable television/
specialty channels

English-language	ABC Spark Action BBC Canada Cartoon Network/Adult Swim CMT Cosmopolitan TV Crime & Investigation DejaView Disney Channel Disney Junior Disney XD DIY Network DTour Food Network FYI Global News: BC 1 HGTV History H2 IFC Lifetime MovieTime National Geographic Nat Geo Wild Nickelodeon Oprah Winfrey Network Showcase Slice Sundance Channel Teletoon Treehouse TV W Movies W Network YTV

Corus Média (French-language)	Disney La Chaîne Historia Séries+ Télétoon

Telelatino Network (50.5%)	EuroWorld Sport Mediaset Italia Sky TG24 Telebimbi Telelatino TeleNiños Univision Canada

Terrestrial radio
(by call sign)

AM	CFMJ CFPL CHED CHMJ CHML CHQR CHQT CJOB CJOY CKNW

FM	CFGQ CFHK CFLG CFMI CFMK CFNY CFOX CFPL CHAY CILQ CIMJ CING CIQB CISN CJDV CJGV CJKR CJOT CJSS CJXY CKBT CKCB CKDK CKNG CKQB CKRU CKRY CKWF CKWS

Other assets

Defunct/historical
brands and predecessors

Some of the assets listed above are majority-owned, wholly-owned, by Corus Entertainment, or are under license. Refer to full asset list for detailed information.

Hot Adult Contemporary radio stations in the Province of Ontario

By frequency	89.5 92.1 93.1 93.3 96.7 97.1 97.7 98.3 98.9♦ 97.1♦ 99.5 99.7 99.9 101.5 101.7 103.1 103.5 104.1♦ 104.5 104.5 105.1 105.3 105.5 105.7 106.1 106.5 107.5

By callsign	CFBG CFBK CFHK CFLY CFLZ CFNO CHMS CHUM CHYC♦ CHYK♦ CHYQ♦ CHYR CIDC CIGL CIMJ CISS CIXK CJKL CJMI CJRL CJTT CJUK CKMB CKNX CKPC CKPT CKSG

By city	Bancroft Barrie Belleville Bracebridge Brantford Cobourg Huntsville Guelph Kenora Kingston Kirkland Lake Leamington London Marathon Niagara Falls Orangeville Ottawa Owen Sound Peterborough Strathroy Sudbury♦ Temiskaming Shores Thunder Bay Timmins♦ Toronto Wingham

Ontario radio markets Cornwall & Eastern Ontario Hamilton-Niagara Kenora District First Nations Radio Kingston-Brockville Kitchener-Waterloo London Midwestern Ontario North Bay Ottawa Parry Sound-Muskoka-Haliburton Pembroke/Ottawa Valley Peterborough Quinte/Belleville-Trenton Rainy River Simcoe County/Barrie/Orillia Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay Timiskaming Timmins Toronto Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia See also List of radio stations in Ontario ♦: Francophone stations

Coordinates: 42°50′47″N 81°08′51″W / 42.84639°N 81.14750°W / 42.84639; -81.14750

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