CJTK-FM

CJTK-FM is a Canadian radio station, which airs Christian music and programming at 95.5 FM in Sudbury, Ontario. The station is owned by Eternacom, and was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 1997. The station is branded as KFM and uses one of the current slogans as "Today's Christian radio", "Northern Ontario's Christian Radio", "Music You Can Believe In" and "Christian Radio for Life".

CJTK-FM
CitySudbury, Ontario
Frequency95.5 MHz (FM)
BrandingKFM
SloganToday's Christian radio
Programming
FormatChristian
Ownership
OwnerEternacom
History
First air date1997
Call sign meaningChrist Jesus The King
Technical information
ClassB1
ERP8.1 kW
HAAT160.5 meters (527 ft)
Links
Websitewww.kfmradio.ca

History

On June 6, 1997, Curtis Belcher, the owner of Enternacom Inc., received CRTC approval to operate a new Christian music radio station in Sudbury and began broadcasting later that same year.[1]

CJTK-FM started as a small low-power 35 watt FM radio station in Sudbury at 95.5 FM in late 1997, which CJTK became the first Christian station to be granted a power increase, and go from low-power status (35 watts), to a full power (1,400 watts).[2]

In 2000, the station received approval to add an FM rebroadcaster at North Bay to operate on the frequency, 89.5 MHz.[3] In 2005, CJTK-FM applied to change North Bay's frequency from 89.5 to 107.3 FM, although when the application was approved, the station would operate at 103.5 MHz instead. Once the change took place, the CJTK-FM-1 operating at 89.5 was deleted. On December 5, 2005, CJTK received approval to add a rebroadcaster at Little Current on the frequency, 102.1 MHz and began broadcasting in September 2006. A repeater was also added in Elliot Lake on 102.5 MHz in 2008.

The Canadian Communications Foundation website reports that in 2007, Eternacom received approval to change the authorized contours of CJTK-FM by increasing effective radiated power from 1,400 watts to 8,100 watts. It's uncertain if there are any CRTC decision references regarding the power increase to 8.1 kW.[4]

CJTK's previous logo.

In 2009, CJTK adopted its current logo and branding as KFM. Both the current and the former logo are still used on CJTK's website. The station's former brandings were known as K95.5, or just simply the K and was also used on CJTK's other repeaters.

CJTK will be the new play-by-play voice of the Sudbury Wolves for the upcoming 2009-2010 Ontario Hockey League season.[5] The Sudbury Wolves games were formerly aired on CIGM.

On October 11, 2011, Eternacom Inc. applied to add a new low-power FM transmitter in Mattawa, Ontario, which will rebroadcast the programming of CJTK-FM-1 North Bay. The proposed new FM transmitter was approved on December 6, 2011 and will operate in Mattawa at 93.9 MHz. This will be Mattawa's first local FM signal in that community.[6]

On March 30, 2015, the CRTC approved Eternacom's application to add an FM transmitter at Timmins, which will rebroadcast CJTK-FM on 105.5 MHz.[7]

On August 16, 2018, the Commission approved an application by Eternacom Inc. (Eternacom), on behalf of Harvest Ministries Sudbury, for authority to acquire from Eternacom the assets of the English-language commercial specialty (Christian music) radio stations CJTK-FM Sudbury, CJTK FM-1 North Bay and CJTK-FM-3 Elliot Lake, Ontario, and their rebroadcasting transmitters and for broadcasting licences to continue the operation of the stations.[8]

CKBB-FM

In 2001, Eternacom launched a sister station, CKBB-FM, airing tourist information programming at 102.9 FM in Sudbury.[9] The station was branded as STIR Sudbury's Tourism and Information Radio. CKBB-FM went dark in 2005.[10] Despite the station ceasing operations, on June 5, 2006 the CRTC renewed CKBB-FM's licence from September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2013,[11] although the station never actually relaunched.

Transmitters
Rebroadcasters of CJTK-FM
City of licenseIdentifierFrequencyPowerClassRECNetCRTC Decision
North BayCJTK-FM-1103.5 FM800 wattsAQuery2005-392
Little CurrentCJTK-FM-2102.1 FM1,300 wattsAQuery2005-577
Elliot LakeCJTK-FM-3102.5 FM865 wattsAQuery2008-105
MattawaCJTK-FM-493.9 FM50 wattsLPQuery2011-750
TimminsCJTK-FM-5105.5 FM800 wattsAQuery2015-114
New LiskeardCJTK-FM-6100.9 FM265 wattsAQuery2017-205
EnglehartCJTK-FM-7105.7 FM5,100 wattsAQuery2017-205
Sault Ste. MarieCJTK-FM-8106.5 FM2,300 wattsAQuery2017-205
SundridgeCJTK-FM-998.3 FM540 wattsAQuery2017-205
Spring BayCJTK-FM-10104.9 FM530 wattsAQuery2017-205
Iroquois FallsCJTK-FM-11105.9 FM540 wattsAQuery2017-205
KapuskasingCJTK-FM-1288.5 FM510 wattsAQuery2019-314
New coming soon

The rebroadcaster in North Bay airs its own separate morning program, but simulcasts the Sudbury station the rest of the time. Eternacom also has a rebroadcaster at Elliot Lake, which also offers some local programming.

On January 5 and 6, 2017, Eternacom Inc, applied to add six new FM transmitters to rebroadcast CJTK-FM to the following communities.

  • New Liskeard
  • Englehart
  • Sault Ste. Marie
  • Sundridge
  • Spring Bay
  • Iroquois Falls

Eternacom received approval to add the new FM transmitters on June 19, 2017.[12] Most of these new transmitters had already signed on the air in late 2017 and 2018. Eternacom, the owners of CJTK-FM plans to expand up to 20 stations by 2020.[13]

On May 22, 2019, Harvest Ministries Sudbury applied to add a new FM transmitter to rebroadcast CJTK-FM at Kapuskasing on the frequency of 88.5 MHz.[14] This application was approved by the CRTC on September 4, 2019.[15]

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See also

References
  1. CRTC Decision 1997-255, Curtis Belcher, on behalf of a company to be incorporated (Eternacom Inc.) Sudbury, Ontario - 199610936 New Christian music FM radio station, CRTC, June 6, 1997
  2. Decision CRTC 99-445, Increase in power for CJTK-FM, CRTC, September 23, 1999
  3. Decision CRTC 2000-383
  4. 2007-0170-8
  5. "Wolves move away game broadcasts to FM dial", Northern Life, September 11, 2009.
  6. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-750
  7. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-114, CJTK-FM Sudbury - New transmitter in Timmins; English-language commercial FM specialty (Christian music) radio station in Timmins, CRTC, March 30, 2015 (Under Interventions regarding the Eternacom application)
  8. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-286, CJTK-FM Sudbury, CJTK-FM-1 North Bay, CJTK-FM-3 Elliot Lake and their transmitters – Acquisition of assets, CRTC, August 16, 2018
  9. CRTC Decision 2000-102: New low-power FM radio programming undertaking. CRTC, April 17, 2000.
  10. Tourism radio just 'dead air', Sudbury Star, August 11, 2006.
  11. CRTC Decision 2006-213: CKBB-FM Sudbury - Licence renewal. CRTC, June 5, 2006.
  12. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-205, CJTK-FM Sudbury – New transmitters in Iroquois Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Englehart, New Liskeard, Sundridge and Spring Bay, CRTC, June 19, 2017
  13. Sudbury's KFM Radio expands again, Sudbury Star, October 3, 2017
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  15. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-314, CJTK-FM Sudbury – New transmitter in Kapuskasing, CRTC, September 4, 2019

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