CKCH-FM

CKCH-FM
City	Sydney, Nova Scotia
Branding	103.5 The Eagle
Frequency	103.5 MHz
First air date	June 20, 2008
Format	Country
ERP	26.5 kW
Class	B
Owner	Newcap Radio
Sister stations	CHRK-FM
Webcast	Listen live
Website	103.5 The Eagle

103.5 The Eagle FM old logo

CKCH-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 103.5 FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The station was one of several new radio stations approved in 2007 for the Atlantic Provinces and is also one of two new radio stations for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality ^[1] along with sister station CHRK-FM. The station airs a country music format and is branded on-air as 103.5 The Eagle. The station is owned by Newcap Radio which also owns sister station CHRK-FM as well as numerous other radio stations across Canada.

The station license was originally awarded to a Cape Breton group that included local investor / businessman Barry Martin, and broadcasters, Jay Bedford and Alex Morrison. In late 2012, the CRTC approved the application by Newcap Radio to purchase the remaining 70.1% of the shares from Barry Martin.

History

CKCH was formerly a call sign for an AM station in Hull, Quebec from 1933 to 1994 and also its sister station CKCH-FM from 1970 through 1978.

The station began a required three week Industry Canada test period on May 15, 2008 by playing television theme songs until its official launch on June 17 of that year.

In early 2009, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles announced a 3-year radio broadcast partnership with CKCH. Under the agreement, all 68 regular season games and playoff games were broadcast live. Antigonish Broadcaster Ken MacNeil was hired to do play-by-play broadcasts. Kyle Moore replaced MacNeil starting with the 2010-2011 season. The arrangement continued through to the 2014-2015 season, when Newcap Sydney decided to not re-new the rights to the live broadcasts.

The station opened with a variety based country format but switched to a top 40 country approach in 2010. The Eagle airs ten newscasts every weekday with the focus on local and regional news items. The on air hosts includes well known local announcers: Jay Bedford, Nikki Sullivan, Allan MacKay and Sheilah MacDonald.

References

↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-220

External links

Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited (Newcap Radio)

Corporate directors	Harold R. Steele Michael MacDonald David Matheson Robert G. Steele Donald Warr

AM stations	CFCB CFCW CFGN CFNW CFSX CHCM CISL CJYQ CKCM CKDQ CKGA CKIM CKJR CKVO VOCM

FM stations	CFCV CFCW CFDL CFLC CFLN CFLW CFNN CFRK CFRQ CFXE CFXH CFXJ CFXL CFXW CHBM CHFT CHHI CHLG CHNI CHNO CHRK CHSL CHSP CHTN CHVO CIBQ CIGM CIGV CIHT CIJK CILB CILR CILV CIRK CIXF CIZZ CJEG CJMO CJPR CJXK CJXL CKBA CKCH CKGY CKKY CKIX CKKO CKMP CKQK CKRA CKSA CKSQ CKUL CKVH CKWB CKWY CKXD CKXG CKXX CKZZ VOCM

Television stations	CITL CKSA

Radio stations on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

Sydney/CBRM	CBI 1140 CJCB 1270 CKOA 89.7 CBIS 92.1 CKPE 94.9 CBAF-14 95.9 CHER 98.3 CJIJ 99.9 CHRK 101.9 CKCH 103.5 CBI 105.1 CJBU 107.3

Port Hawkesbury/Mulgrave	CIGO 101.5 CBH-2 103.1 CBHB 106.7 CBAF-11 107.5

Inverness County	CBAF-12 92.3 CBHF 93.9 CBHI 94.3 CJFX-1 102.5 CBAF-13 103.9 CKJM 106.1 CBIC 107.1

Victoria County	CBIB 90.1

Other	CICU 94.1 (Eskasoni First Nation)

Nova Scotia radio markets Cape Breton Halifax See also List of radio stations in Nova Scotia

Coordinates: 46°05′55″N 60°18′41″W / 46.09861°N 60.31139°W / 46.09861; -60.31139

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