CKKL-FM

45°25′39.1″N 75°41′28.2″W / 45.427528°N 75.691167°W / 45.427528; -75.691167 (CKKL's broadcast location)

CKKL-FM

Ottawa, Ontario
Broadcast area	National Capital Region
Frequency	93.9 MHz (FM)
Branding	Pure Country 94
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Country
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Bell Media (Bell Media Ottawa Radio Partnership)
Sister stations	CFGO, CFRA, CJMJ-FM, CJOH-DT, CHRO-TV
History
First air date	May 3, 1947
Former call signs	CFRA-FM (1947-1961) CFMO (1961-1992)
Call sign meaning	CK KooL (former branding)
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	95,000 watts
HAAT	321.6 meters (1,055 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	iheartradio.ca/purecountry/ottawa

CKKL-FM (93.9

Frank Ryan originally launched the station on May 3, 1947 as CFRA-FM. At first it largely simulcast the programming of its sister station CFRA 560 AM (now on 580 kHz). In 1959, CFRA-FM began airing some separate programming.

In 1961, Ryan sought approval to increase power from 860 watts to 146,000 watts via a new tower site at

CFMO-FM

In 1961, the simulcast with CFRA ended. The FM station began a format of beautiful music with some classical music at night. The station adopted the call sign CFMO-FM to give it a separate identity from CFRA. The call letters stood for FM Ottawa. Both CFRA and CFMO were subsequently acquired by CHUM Limited in 1968.

The station manager at the time was veteran broadcaster Gord Atkinson, well known to Ottawa listeners. The music director was Ray Eckford. Announcers included: John Cavill and Bryan Williams (mornings) as well as Jim Bristow and Dick Richards (whose real name was Richard "Dick" Gasparini, originally with CKWW and CKCY-FM) in the evenings. Core artists heard on CFMO-FM were orchestras conducted by Percy Faith, Henry Mancini and Mantovani, as well as vocalists such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and The Carpenters.

Kool-FM

As the 1990s began, CFMO began playing more soft vocal music and fewer instrumentals. CHUM, Ltd. dropped the longtime

Bob FM's morning show, Cub & Company, was hosted by Cub Carson and Melanie Adams, and until February 2013, Sandy Sharkey. The show was formerly hosted by "Stuntman" Stu Schwartz, who is now at CJMJ-FM.

In 2007, CTVglobemedia bought CKKL-FM along with the other CHUM Limited properties. In 2011, Bell Canada acquired CTVglobemedia, renaming the company as Bell Media.

On February 1, 2013, Bell Media announced that longtime Bob FM announcers Steve Gregory and Sandy Sharkey were leaving the station as a result of cuts.^[3]

Pure Country 94

On November 10, 2014, Bell Media announced that the "Bob FM" format would be discontinued, citing changing "market conditions" and the need to "pursue a new opportunity". All of the station's on-air talent, including Cub Carson, were laid off, and the station began airing blocks of music punctuated by promos announcing an impending relaunch. Its website referred Bob FM listeners to the online stream of sister station CJPT-FM.^[4][5]

On November 12, 2014 at 11:45 a.m., after again playing "I Want a New Drug" (a near-bookend to the launch of "Bob"), followed by "

On May 28, 2019, the station was renamed Pure Country 94 as part of a nationwide rebranding of all Bell Media country stations. The station's morning hosts Sophie Moroz and Jeff Hopper began to host the iHeartRadio Pure Country Countdown for the network as well.^[7]

References

External links

• Pure Country 94
• CKKL-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CKKL-FM in the REC Canadian station database