held the call sign ckks fm from 1985 to 2002 see cjax fm . ckks fm city chilliwack bc broadcast area metro vancouver and the fraser valley branding kiss radio slogan non stop hits frequency 107.5 mhz fm translator s ckks fm 2 104.9 mhz vancouver ckks fm 1 92.5 mhz abbotsford first air date october 1 1986 format chr erp 640 watts ckks chilliwack 31 kilowatts ckks fm 2 vancouver 2.6 kilowatts ckks fm 1 abbotsford haat ckks fm 210.1 metres chilliwack ckks fm 1 150.4 metres abbotsford ckks fm 2 672.2 metres vancouver class a ckks fm & ckks fm 1 chilliwack and abbotsford c ckks fm 2 vancouver transmitter coordinates ckks fm 49 06 36 n 121 50 47 w 49.11005 n 121.846396 w 49.11005 ; 121.846396 ckks fm tower coordinates 49 06 36 n 121 50 47 w 49.11005 n 121.846396 w 49.11005 ; 121.846396 ckks fm tower ckks fm 1 49 03 52 n 122 08 27 w 49.064419 n 122.140846 w 49.064419 ; 122.140846 ckks fm 1 tower ckks fm 2 49 21 27 n 122 57 14 w 49.357365 n 122.953776 w 49.357365 ; 122.953776 ckks fm 2 tower callsign meaning sounds like kiss former callsigns cksr fm 1986 1999 ckvx fm 2000 2004 ckcl fm 2004 2009 cfun fm 2009 2015 former frequencies ckks fm 1 104.9 1996 1997 107 .1 april june 2002 owner rogers media a division of rogers communications rogers radio sister stations radio ckwx cjax fm tv ckvu dt chnm dt webcast listen live website kissradio.ca ckks fm is a canadian radio station . owned by rogers radio licensed to chilliwack british columbia and operating at 107.5 fm and 640 watts in that city the station s main studios and listening area are in metro vancouver where its rebroadcasting transmitter ckks fm 2 operates at 104.9 fm on 31 000 watts of power atop mount seymour its studios are located on ash street in the fairview neighbourhood of vancouver . its current competitors are bell media s cfbt fm and newcap radio s ckzz fm . 1 history edit ckks signed on for the first time on october 1 1986 as cksr fm with the original on air brand star fm 105 under the ownership of fraser valley broadcasters ltd. to serve the residents of the fraser valley ; at the time the 104.9 frequency was originally located in abbotsford west of chilliwack . the station s original format was a mix of adult contemporary and easy listening music . beginning in 1995 cksr began gradually phasing out its easy listening songs in favor of a pure ac format ; the conversion would be completed by 1997 the same year the station s signal was expanded to include the vancouver area giving vancouver three adult contemporary stations cksr fm chqm fm and the then ckks fm now cjax fm . as part of the expansion the 104.9 fm transmitter was relocated to vancouver and a new transmitter operating on 92.5 fm with 2600 watts was installed in abbotsford . rogers communications purchased the station in august 1999 . the cksr call sign and star fm brand are now used by its chilliwack fm sister station located at 98.3 fm formerly known as chwk on the am band . under the new ownership cksr underwent a name and format change at 5 p.m. on december 31 1999 as it became ckvx and abandoned adult contemporary music for an alternative rock format adopting the on air brand and slogan 104.9 xfm vancouver s rock alternative to compete with veteran vancouver rocker cfox and secure a younger listening audience . the two way adult contemporary war continued at the time . ckvx became the first alternative rock station in canada outside ontario . in 2000 ckvx would relocate its main studios from abbotsford to share space with sister stations ckwx and ckks fm at 2440 ash street in vancouver although chilliwack would remain as the city of licence for the record . the alt rock format lasted for just under four years as it was dumped on november 19 2003 and the brand 104.9 christmas fm was introduced on air as ckvx went to round the clock christmas music for the next month . ckvx switched formats and brands again at noon on december 26 when the 104.9 clear fm brand was adopted and the station took on a mixed format of adult contemporary and smooth jazz during most of the day along with a program of chillout downtempo and trip hop electronic music called vancouver chills hosted by trevor shand from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. nightly . on april 8 2004 ckvx changed its call sign to ckcl formerly used on a truro nova scotia radio station to reflect its current on air brand . shand left ckcl to move to los angeles to become the production manager at kroq fm 1 while continuing voiceover work for rogers broadcasting stations in vancouver and toronto in 2005 and station music director doreen copeland took over as host of vancouver chills which then began mixing more ac and smooth jazz in with the electronica tunes and expanded its airtime to 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. nightly . logo used as 104.9 clear fm 2003 2008 . logo used as fm 104.9 2008 2009 . on august 31 2006 ckcl dropped the smooth jazz and electronica music and returned to a full time ac format giving vancouver 2 acs chqm fm was the other for the first time since 2002 when co owned ckks flipped to jack fm . at the same time it began a commercial free long weekend of non stop music to herald the return of longtime vancouver broadcaster fred latremouille and his wife cathy who previously had a morning show latremornings on sister station ckks fm to the vancouver airwaves after a six year retirement ; the new latremornings show debuted at 5 a.m. on september 5 . but the show was short lived ending after only one year in late 2007 when the couple returned to maui . in december 2007 it was announced that charlee morgan formerly of calgary s chfm lite 96 and the old lg73 would take over the morning slot in early 2008 . morgan made her morning show debut at ckcl on february 18 2008 . on september 26 2008 at 2 pm ckcl dropped morgan s morning show and the station s adult contemporary format for a classic hits format and re branded itself as fm 104.9 thus once again leaving ctvglobemedia s market leading chqm fm as the sole adult contemporary outlet in vancouver . the last song on clear fm was i will remember you by sarah mclachlan which was also the last song on lg73 followed by the first song under the new format twist and shout by the beatles . this move prompted astral media s cisl flipping from oldies to adult standards on november 10 2008 which jim pattison s ckbd dropped on november 13 2008 as it flipped to 100.5 fm as ckpk fm . cfun fm s logo under previous fun fm classic hits format on november 12 2009 ckcl rebranded itself as 104.9 fun fm . the callsign changed in late november from ckcl to cfun to reflect the updated branding . the cfun call signs were vacated by ctvglobemedia after cfun now owned by bell media flipped to sports radio and became cfte . cfun fm branding as sonic on august 17 2011 at approximately 8 42 am after playing cuts like a knife by bryan adams the station changed their format to top 40 branded as sonic the launch was also broadcast on the vancouver edition of breakfast television on city . the first song played was party rock anthem by lmfao . 2 3 4 to kick off the new format the station aired 10 000 songs in a row without commercials a common promotion to entice new listeners . on october 11 2011 sonic introduced its on air team featuring ryder as the morning host . by january 9 2012 the station was added to mediabase s canadian contemporary hit radio add board . former cfbt morning show host kid carson joined sonic as the new morning show host on september 1 2012 after his non compete contract with bell cfbt s owners expired . on february 23 2015 cfun fm re branded as kiss radio unifying itself with the kiss branding used by other rogers owned chr stations . 5 in march 2015 cfun fm and sister ckks fm in sechelt made the following changes with their call signs cfun fm fm 1 and fm 2 all became ckks fm fm 1 and fm 2 respectively with ckks warehousing the cfun fm call letters . 6 7 references edit broadcasting decision crtc 2006 479 https radioinsight.com blog headlines netgnomes 53076 the fun is over in vancouver http formatchange.com 104 9 fun fm becomes sonic hits now https www.youtube.com watch v nbxesrtzxag chr rebrandings reach vancouver . radio insight . retrieved 2 march 2015 . canadian radio news recap for march 2015 call letter data airchecker.ca april 1 2015 organigramme de propri t rogers radio tv & satellite au c ble pdf . crtc . crtc . retrieved 19 may 2015 . external links edit official website cksr ckcl cfun ckks history canadian communications foundation query the rec s canadian station database for ckks fm v t e radio stations in greater vancouver am cisl 650 cbu 690 chmj 730 cknw 980 ckst 1040 ckwx 1130 cjrj 1200 chmb 1320 cfte 1410 cjvb 1470 defunct cima 1040 sw ckzu 6.16 mhz defunct ckfx sw 6.08 mhz fm cbu 2 88.1 vf2521 88.3 chnw 88.7 cfvt 89.3 vf2686 89.9 cjsf 90.1 cbux 90.9 vf2688 91.5 ckye 93.1 cjjr 93.7 cfbt 94.5 ckzz 95.3 chkg 96.1 cjax 96.9 cbuf 97.7 cirh 98.3 ckpm 98.7 cfox 99.3 cfro 100.5 cfmi 101.1 citr 101.9 ckpk 102.7 chqm 103.5 chlg 104.3 ckks fm 2 104.9 cbu 105.7 ckav fm 2 106.3 cisf 107.7 cfml 107.9 us stations serving vancouver am kari 550 blaine wa krpi 1550 ferndale wa kvri 1600 blaine wa fm kwpz 106.5 lynden wa hd radio 96.9 1 96.9 2 101.1 1 101.1 2 103.5 1 103.5 2 103.5 3 specialty services radio humsafar adjacent markets bellingham northwest washington victoria mid island southwest bc mainland 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 v t e radio stations in the southwestern british columbia mainland excluding vancouver abbotsford cbu 1 fm 88.5 ckks fm 1 92.5 civl 101.7 ckqc 107.1 chilliwack vf2522 88.1 chwk 89.5 cbyf 91.7 cksr 98.3 cbu fm 7 99.9 cbuf fm 1 102.1 ckks 107.5 gibsons ckay 91.7 cisc 107.5 harrison hot springs vf2594 88.9 cbyh 96.7 hope cfsr 100.5 cbue 101.7 pemberton cbu 3 fm 91.5 cfpv 98.9 cisp 104.5 squamish vf2467 88.1 cbru 98.3 cisq 107.1 whistler cftw 88.7 cfmi fm 1 90.7 cfox fm 1 92.3 cklg fm 1 96.9 cbyw 100.1 ckee 101.5 cisw 102.1 cbuf fm 10 103.1 adjacent markets bellingham northwest washington greater vancouver victoria mid island 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 v t e rogers communications corporate directors 2 bonnie brooks david peterson edward rogers iii charles sirois fixed line telecommunications rogers cable rogers hi speed internet rogers telecom mobile telecommunications chatr glentel fido solutions mobilicity rogers wireless magazines canadian business chatelaine english ch telaine french flare glow l actualit lou lou maclean s marketing the medical post moneysense profit sportsnet magazine today s parent television conventional television 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