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CKTY-FM
Frequency99.5 MHz
BrandingCat Country 99.5
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
OwnerMaritime Broadcasting System
CKTO-FM
History
First air date
September 10, 1947 (1947-09-10)
Former call signs
CKCL (1956–2001)
Former frequencies
  • 1400 kHz (AM) (1947–1956)
  • 600 kHz (1956–2001)
Call sign meaning
"Cat Country," alternatively, CKitTY
Technical information
ClassB
ERP16,750 watts
HAAT226 metres (741 ft)
Links
Websitecatcountry995.com

CKTY-FM (99.5 MHz) is a radio station in Truro, Nova Scotia. Owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System, it broadcasts a country format branded as Cat Country 99.5.

History

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The station has been on the air since September 10, 1947. It originally broadcast at 1400 AM as CKCL before moving to 600 AM in 1956; finally, it received CRTC approval to move to 99.5 FM in 2001 after shutting down the 600 AM frequency.[1]

CKTY was formerly the callsign of a now-defunct AM radio station in Sarnia, Ontario, which moved to the FM dial and is now CHKS-FM. CKCL was also a former callsign of a radio station in Toronto, Ontario in the 1920s.[2]

On July 5, 2013, CKTY and sister station CKTO-FM were acquired by Bell Media as part of their acquisition of Astral Media. On May 28, 2019, the station was renamed Pure Country 99.5 as part of a nationwide rebranding of all Bell Media country stations.[3]

On February 8, 2024, Bell announced that it would sell five of its stations in Atlantic Canada to Maritime Broadcasting System, as part of a corporate restructuring.[4] The CRTC approved the sale on December 20, 2024,[5] and the station relaunched its heritage Cat Country branding on April 8, 2025.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ "Decision CRTC 2001-160". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2 March 2001. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  2. ↑ "Stations on the air in 1925". Canadian communications foundation. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  3. ↑ "Pure Country: Nationwide rebrand gives new name to Big Dog 92.7". CTV News Regina. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  4. ↑ Hudes, Sammy (8 February 2024). "'Not a viable business anymore': Bell Media selling 45 radio stations amid layoffs". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ↑ Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) (2024-12-20). "CKTO-FM and CKTY-FM Truro, CKBC-FM Bathurst, CJCJ-FM Woodstock, and CIKX-FM Grand Falls and its transmitter CIKX-FM-1 Plaster Rock - Change in ownership and effective control". crtc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  6. ↑ "The Weekly Briefing". Broadcast Dialogue. 2025-04-17. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
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