CKEA-FM

Radio station in Edmonton, Alberta
53°25′9″N 113°14′29″W / 53.41917°N 113.24139°W / 53.41917; -113.24139LinksWebsite957cruzfm.ca

CKEA-FM (95.7 MHz, 95.7 Cruz FM) is a radio station serving Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Harvard Media, it broadcasts a mainstream rock format. CKEA's studios are located on Calgary Trail in Edmonton, while its transmitter is located at Ellerslie Road and Provincial Highway 21, just southeast of Edmonton city limits.

As of February 28, 2021, CKEA is the 11th-most-listened-to radio station in the Edmonton market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris.[1]

History

The station's license was approved by the CRTC in July 2009,[2][3] and officially launched on September 6, 2010 as 95.7 The Sound, with an adult album alternative format. On March 25, 2011, at Noon, the station flipped to adult contemporary as Lite 95.7, soft launching with a weekend of Christmas music (promoting the station's intent to air all-Christmas music during future holiday seasons) before launching in earnest the following Monday.[4]

On December 27, 2013 at Noon, the station relaunched as 95.7 Cruz FM, with a format focusing on rock hits from the 1980s and later. The station's branding and format is modelled upon sister station CFWD-FM in Saskatoon, which adopted it the previous year.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Winter 2021 PPM Data". Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  2. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-438, Use of frequency 95.7 MHz by the new FM radio station in Edmonton, CRTC, July 23, 2009
  3. ^ "Industry Canada". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
  4. ^ "95.7 The Sound Edmonton Gets Lite - RadioInsight". 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  5. ^ "Lite 95.7 Edmonton Shifts To Cruz". RadioInsight. 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2018-12-11.

External links

  • 95.7 Cruz FM
  • CKEA-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
  • CKEA-FM in the REC Canadian station database
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List of radio stations in Alberta


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