CKCQ-FM

CKCQ-FM

City	Quesnel, BC
Broadcast area	Cariboo
Branding	100.3 Cariboo Country FM
Frequency	100.3 MHz (FM)
Repeater(s)	570 AM
Format	Country
Power	1 kW (AM)
ERP	1.8 kWs (FM) horizontal polarization only
HAAT	64 meters (210 ft)
Class	A (FM) B (AM)
Callsign meaning	C K Cariboo Quesnel
Owner	Vista Broadcast Group (Vista Radio)
Website	www.mycariboonow.com/country-fm

CKCQ-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 100.3 FM in Quesnel, British Columbia. Owned by Vista Broadcast Group, the station airs a country music format and is branded as Cariboo Country FM. The station also has a rebroadcast transmitter in Williams Lake (CKWL, AM 570).

The station was launched in 1957 by Cariboo Broadcasters on 570 AM. The Williams Lake transmitter was added in 1960, and a 100 Mile House transmitter was added in 1971. The Quesnel transmitter moved to 920 AM in 1980, and the AM 570 allocation was moved to CKWL in Williams Lake where it remains today. CKCQ migrated to its current FM frequency in 2004 and the AM 920 transmitter fell silent. The 100 Mile station, CKBX was converted to a stand-alone station serving 100 Mile and area exclusively in 2008.^[1] The old AM transmitter tower is now gone and is the mast for the FM Antenna is located on the edge of a private residence near the Pinnacles on Stubbington Road. The FM station is now 1.8KWs ERP at 100.3 MHz. Vista acquired the stations from Cariboo Communications in 2005.^[2] In 2007 the radio station moved to its new location at 410 Kinchant in downtown Quesnel.

The station was called 'The Wolf' but changed its name to Cariboo Country FM in 2014.

Rebroadcaster

Williams Lake: CKWL, 570 kHz, (1,000 watts, Class B)

References

External links

Vista Broadcast Group

Corporate directors	Geoff Poulton (President & CEO)

Radio stations (by call-sign)	CFBG CFBK CFBV CFCP CFFM CFGM CFIF CFLZ CFNA CFNI CFPW CFRI CFSF CFXN CFZN CHBY CHGK CHMS CHMT CHNV CHPB CIQC CIRX CIVH CJCD CJCI CJCS CJED CJFB CJJM CJSU CJUI CKAP CKAY CKBX CKCQ CKHT CKVV CKLM CKLP CKPP CKNR CKQR CKWL

See also	Haliburton Broadcasting Group

Radio stations in Thompson-Nicola and Cariboo, British Columbia

Kamloops	CHNL 610 CFBX 92.5 CBYK 94.1 CBUF-6 96.5 CKRV 97.5 CIFM 98.3 CKBZ 100.1 CBPL 101.9 CJKC 103.1 CBU-4 105.3

Merritt	CJNL 1230 CKMQ 101.1

Chase	CFCH 103.5 (defunct)

Quesnel	CBRQ 90.9 VF8026 92.3 CFFM-2 94.9 CKCQ 100.3 VF2307 106.9

Williams Lake	CKWL 570 CBRL 860 CISK 94.3 CFFM 97.5 CJLJ 100.7

100 Mile House	CKBX 840 CFFM-1 99.7

Barriere	CHLW 93.1

Cache Creek	CFMA 105.9

British Columbia radio markets Okanagan Prince George / Northern Interior Thompson-Cariboo Northern & Western Vancouver Island Southwest BC Mainland Greater Vancouver Victoria & Mid Island See also List of radio stations in British Columbia

Coordinates: 52°59′22″N 122°33′57″W / 52.98944°N 122.56583°W / 52.98944; -122.56583

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