CFQK-FM
Broadcast areaThunder Bay, Ontario Kaministiquia, Ontario
Frequency103.5 & 104.5 MHz (FM)
BrandingEnergy 103/104
Programming
Formatcontemporary hit radio
Ownership
OwnerNorthwest Broadcasting
(Dougall Media)
History
First air date
2002
Technical information
ClassLP
ERP50 watts
HAAT55 meters (180 ft)
Links
Websiteenergy103104.com

CFQK-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 104.5 FM in Kaministiquia, Ontario. The station airs a contemporary hit radio music format as Energy 103/104.

The station also broadcasts on 103.5 FM in Shuniah, with the callsign CKED-FM.

History

On September 15, 2000, Joel Virtanen, on behalf of Northwest Broadcasting, received approval by the CRTC to operate a new FM radio station to broadcast at 104.5 MHz in Kaministiquia.[1]

CFQK-FM began broadcasting at 104.5 FM Kaministiquia in 2001 or 2002.[2]

On November 21, 2002, the CRTC approved Northwest Broadcasting Inc.'s application to operate a new FM transmitter at Mount Baldy to serve Shuniah on the frequency of 103.5 MHz and would rebroadcast the programming of CFQK-FM Kaministiquia.[3] The CKED-FM transmitter signed on at 103.5 MHz Shuniah in 2003.[4] Both frequencies are low-power transmitters with partial audience reach into the nearby city of Thunder Bay.

On June 10, 2005, the CRTC denied an application by Dougall Media to acquire the station.[5]

Since CFQK-FM signed on in 2002, the station has gone through a number of short-lived formats such as hot ac/oldies Max 104.5, country music "Cottage Country 104",[6] and adult hits Larry FM. In mid-2005, the station dropped the adult hits "Larry FM" format and switched to a hot adult contemporary format known as 103.5, 104.5 HOT-FM.[7] Earlier that same year, an unrelated radio station CKTG-FM in Thunder Bay dropped its Hot 105.3 Hot AC/CHR format to classic rock.

In May 2008, CFQK-FM and its repeater CKED-FM once again changed formats this time to a country music format, known as 103.5 The Thunder.

In April 2010, the station applied to increase the effective radiated power for CFQK-FM from 50 watts to 250 watts and its repeater CKED-FM from 10 watts to 250 watts. This application was denied by the CRTC on October 15, 2010.[8]

On June 13, 2014, CFQK-FM and CKED-FM dropped the Thunder Country format and switched to a contemporary hit radio format as Energy FM.

On January 3, 2022, the station made a slight rebrand as Energy 103/104, Thunder Bay's Hit Music Station. The rebrand was accompanied by a new logo.

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CFQK-FM
City of licenseIdentifierFrequencyPowerClassRECNetCRTC Decision
Shuniah CKED-FM 103.5 FM10 wattsLPQuery2002-380

References

48°30′27″N 89°27′28″W / 48.50750°N 89.45778°W / 48.50750; -89.45778


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