CKGY-FM

Radio station in Red Deer, Alberta
  • Red Deer, Alberta
Broadcast areaRed Deer CountyFrequency95.5 MHz (FM)BrandingNew Country 95.5ProgrammingFormatCountryAffiliationsWestwood OneOwnershipOwnerStingray Group
Sister stations
CIZZ-FMHistory
First air date
August 1, 1973
Former frequencies
1170 kHz (AM) (1973–2001)Technical informationClassC1ERP100 kWsHAAT256.5 meters (842 ft)LinksWebsitenewcountryreddeer.ca

CKGY-FM is a radio station located in Red Deer, Alberta. Owned by Stingray Group, it broadcasts a country format branded as New Country 95.5. It is the flagship station for Stingray's New Country brand, with most of its programming being rebroadcast across Alberta.

CKGY switched to FM in 2001, after broadcasting on the AM frequency 1170 kHz where it had been heard since the early 1970s.[1]

In November 2016, CKGY rebranded from KG Country to the Real Country brand, as with other Newcap-owned country stations in Alberta.[2]

In March 2023, CKGY rebranded from "Real Country" to the "New Country" brand

References

  1. ^ Decision CRTC 2001-52
  2. ^ "Stettler's local radio station Q93.3 rebranded". Stettler Independent. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

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Corporate directors
  • Claudine Blondin
  • Eric Boyko
  • Jacques Parisien
  • Mark Pathy
  • Gary Rich
  • François-Charles Sirois
  • Robert Steele
  • Pascal Tremblay
  • Frederic Lavoie
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Radio stations in Red Deer and southern Central Alberta, Canada
Red Deer
Defunct
CHIM-5 93.1
Drayton Valley
Lacombe
Olds
Rocky Mountain House
Stettler
Wetaskiwin
Rimbey
  • VF8020 93.3
Alberta radio markets
Banff
Calgary
Edmonton
Fort McMurray
Grande Prairie
Lethbridge
Lloydminster
Medicine Hat
Red Deer
See also
List of radio stations in Alberta

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