Pure Country 105 is a Canadian broadcasting radio station owned and managed by Bell Media and its sister station CKPT FM. It is an on-air transmission from Peterborough, Ontario. The station’s call sign is CKQM FM, meaning “Quality Music.” Its broadcasting format is country music as a Pure Country 105 brand name. Country 105 Peterborough broadcast at 7,500 watts of power with a Class B station. Its transmission content consists of current worldwide news, entertainment, talk shows, events, community talk, weather reports, political issues, and country music. It is broadcast at 105.1 MHz frequency and can be listened to worldwide on the internet through live streaming for 24 hours.
History of Pure Country 105
In 1976, CRTC approved Radio CKPT 1420 Ltd. to operate a new commercial FM station at Peterborough. FM would transmit on a frequency of 105.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts (horizontal & vertical). It was officially on-air on September 16, 1977. It moved to a country format in October 1983 with the brand name Country 105. On March 24, 2009, CRTC permitted increasing height above average terrain from 91.5 to 277.5 meters and decreasing the effective radiated power from 50,000 watts to 7,500 watts.
Programming
Mike and Miles in the Morning – 5:30 AM to 10 AM
Shannon Ella – 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Roo Phelps – 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Bobby Bones
Weekends
Jeff Richards – 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Country Top 30 with Bobby Bones – 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Nothin’ but the 90s with Jason McCoy – 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Pure Country Saturday Night
Women of iHeart Country Radio – 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM
iHeartRadio Pure Country Countdown – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Complete Country with Shannon Ella
Pure Country Music – 9:00 PM to 2:30 AM
Contact Details
Address: 59 George Street North P.O. Box 177 Peterborough, ON, Canada K9J 6Y8
Studio: (705) 876-1051
Information: (705) 742-8844
Official Website: https://www.iheartradio.ca/purecountry/peterborough
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PureCountry105/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PureCountry105
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