41 28.2 w 45.427528 n 75.691167 w 45.427528 ; 75.691167 ckkl s broadcast location ckkl fm city ottawa ontario broadcast area national capital region branding new country 94 slogan ottawa s new country frequency 93.9 mhz fm first air date 1947 format country erp 95 000 watts haat 323 meters 1 060 ft class c1 callsign meaning ck kool fm former branding owner bell media bell media ottawa radio partnership sister stations cfgo cfra cjmj fm cjoh dt chro tv webcast listen live website newcountry94.com ckkl fm is a radio station serving ottawa ontario broadcasting on 93.9 fm . owned by bell media the station broadcasts a country format branded as new country 94 . ckkl s studios are located in the bell media building on george street in downtown ottawa s byward market while its transmitter is located in camp fortune quebec . contents 1 history 1.1 flip to country 2 references 3 external links history edit frank ryan originally launched the station in 1947 as cfra fm simulcasting the programming of its am sister station . in 1959 the station began airing some separate programming . in 1961 ryan sought approval to increase power from 860 watts to 146 000 watts via a new transmission site at camp fortune . 1 2 the ryan tower would become the area s main radio and television transmission site . two years later in 1961 the station s programming became fully independent of cfra s and the station adopted the callsign cfmo . cfra and cfmo were subsequently acquired by chum limited in 1968 . chum dropped the station s longtime easy listening format on august 28 1992 adopting the ckkl fm calls and the brand name kool fm for its new hot ac format . the first song was time love & tenderness by michael bolton . the cfmo calls and format were picked up by chez fm inc. and adopted on what is now ckby . during their hot ac days they aired mostly chr music during the evening hours in large part due to crtc regulations banning fm stations for having more than 50 % of hit material on their playlists to protect am stations and french language stations as well as the dance music show pirate radio with chris sheppard on saturday nights . during the 1990s ckkl competed against top 40 stations cktf fm which airs in french and am station energy 1200 which aired in english . station liners during this time promoted hit music on fm directly targeting energy 1200 listeners . after energy flipped to alternative rock in 1997 ckkl was considered the default english language hit music station in ottawa . by february 2003 when ciht fm now a chr station launched with its rhythmic chr format ckkl completely shifted to chr . a bob fm dodge grand caravan . on may 31 2003 at 9 39 am ckkl fm dropped its chr format and began stunting with the audio from the movie what about bob . after the movie aired snippets of music played with bob fm launching at noon that day adopting the adult hits format . the first song on bob was i want a new drug by huey lewis and the news . bob fm s morning show cub & company was hosted by cub carson and melanie adams and until february 2013 sandy sharkey . the show was formerly hosted by stuntman stu schwartz who is now at cjmj fm . in 2007 ctvglobemedia bought ckkl fm along with the other chum limited properties . in 2011 bell canada acquired ctvglobemedia renaming the company as bell media . on february 1 2013 bell media announced that longtime bob fm announcers steve gregory and sandy sharkey were leaving the station as a result of cuts . 3 former logo as bob fm flip to country edit on november 10 2014 bell media announced that the bob fm format would be discontinued citing changing market conditions and the need to pursue a new opportunity . all of the station s on air talent including cub carson were laid off and the station began airing blocks of music punctuated by promos indicating that very shortly ottawa will have a brand new radio station and its website referred bob fm listeners to the online stream of sister station cjpt fm . 4 5 on november 12 2014 at 11 45 a.m. after playing like a virgin by madonna ckkl went into a 15 minute stunt of a ticking clock . at noon ckkl flipped to country music as new country 94 launching with a marathon of 10 000 songs played commercial free beginning with cruise by florida georgia line . 6 4 7 8 references edit cfra seeks wider fm coverage https news.google.com newspapers id hhsyaaaaibaj & sjid h ufaaaaibaj & pg 5911 1749095 & dq camp fortune fm & hl en operation high tower https news.google.com newspapers id auayaaaaibaj & sjid qoufaaaaibaj & pg 4785 1862975 & dq camp fortune fm & hl en http www.ottawacitizen.com news bell media cuts staff majic 7902363 story.html a b country rising from bob s ashes in ottawa . radio insight . retrieved 12 november 2014 . ottawa s bob fm goes silent after decade of music and conversation . ottawa citizen . 11 november 2014 . retrieved 11 november 2014 . http formatchange.com ckkl becomes new country 94 ottawa s new country 94 launches today . bell media . retrieved 12 november 2014 . bell media shakes up radio scene . ottawa citizen . 13 november 2014 . retrieved 13 november 2014 . external links edit official website ckkl fm history canadian communications foundation query the rec s canadian station database for ckkl fm v t e radio stations in ottawa ontario and gatineau quebec ottawa am cfra 580 cfgo 1200 ciww 1310 chyw 1630 ottawa sw chu 3.330 7.850 mhz 14.67 mhz ottawa fm cilv 88.5 chuo 89.1 ciht 89.9 cbof 90.7 cbo 91.5 vf8013 92.3 cjvn 92.7 ckcu 93.1 ckkl 93.9 cjfo 94.5 cjll 97.9 cjwl 98.5 chri 99.1 cjot 99.7 cjmj 100.3 cidg 101.7 cbox 102.5 cboq 103.3 ciss 105.3 chez 106.1 ckqb 106.9 ckdj 107.9 gatineau cjeu 1670 cimf 94.9 cftx 96.5 chlx 97.1 cktf 104.1 ckof 104.7 smiths falls cjet 92.3 ckby 101.1 perth chlk 88.1 kemptville ckvv 97.5 internet radio dawg fm defunct stations ckch 970 cira 5 1350 mix fm 91.9 pirate ckav 9 95.7 ciio 96.1 ciif 97.5 cfdt 96.5 cko fm 1 106.9 weatheradio canada vbe719 162.550 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