CHTK FM is a radio station based in Canada that transmits the music of hot adult contemporary nature format. The station is in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The owner of this radio station is Bell Media, and the brand name is EZ ROCK. It has been broadcasting at its present frequency since the year 2011. Before that, it used to broadcast at 560 kHz.
History of EZ ROCK 99.1 CHTK FM
This radio station first went on air as CHTK Radio Limited in 1965. Its operating power was 1000 watts during the day and 250 watts during the night at that time. During 1970, Skeena Broadcasters Limited attained this radio. In 1986, it got the approval to transmit from both studios located at Prince Rupert as well as at Terrace. Its purpose is to make it more cost-effective. In the following year, i.e., 1987, the company name got changed to Okanagan Skeena Group Limited.
Then in 1999, Tele Media Radio Inc bought the Okanagan Skeena Group Limited. It became a partner with Astral media Group and began to broadcast a new radio station in the English language, which would be commercial. The frequency that CHTK Price Rupert proposed was 99.1 MHz. It offered a music format of adult contemporary nature with local programming of almost 50 hours in which dedicated approximately 3 hours to broadcast news every week. The features of local programming consisted of daily news on a national, international, and regional level. The license was bound to expire in August of 2017, and the new transmission would have been at 99.1 MHz and the operating power 160 watts.
Janie Kraft left the station in 2012. She had worked there as a Brand Director for 11 long years. The reason for her leaving was to avail of other opportunities available outside the world of media and broadcasting. In 2013, the application of selling Astral Media Inc to BCE Inc got approved, although it had been rejected in the previous year. As a result, BCE Inc bought the television channels, traditional TV stations, and radio stations OF Astral Media, which also included CHTK FM.
Technical Details
The frequency at which it operates is 99.1 MHz. The brand EX ROCK knows it. The format it features is a hot adult contemporary. The station belongs to class A, and its ERP is 0.16-kilowatts or 160 watts which is comparatively low. The HAAT it covers is 578 meters which are 1896 feet in length. Its antenna pattern is non-directional. It got its license in January 2010, which will expire in September 2024. The transmitter coordinates are 54° 17′ 00″ N, 130° 18′ 57″ W.
Contact Details
Address: 215 Cowbay Road, Suite 230 Prince Rupert BC V8J 1A8
Studio line: +1 250-624-9686
Reception: +1 250-635-6316
Official Website: https://www.iheartradio.ca/ez-rock/ez-rock-prince-rupert/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorthEZRock
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EZRockNorth
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bcnorthezrock/
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