CKMM-FM
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{{short description|Radio station in Winnipeg}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo = File:103.1 Virgin Radio Logo.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| name = CKMM-FM
| airdate = February 14, 1980
| area = Winnipeg Metropolitan Region
| format = Top 40/CHR
| owner = Bell Media
| licensee = Bell NewCo
| affiliations = Premiere Networks
| sister_stations = CFWM-FM, CKY-DT
| erp = 70,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|206.1|meters}}
| branding = 103.1 Virgin Radio
| former_callsigns = CKWG-FM (1980–1989)
CHZZ-FM (1989–1991)
CKLU-FM (1991–1994)
| class = C
| callsign_meaning = CK Music in Manitoba
| webcast = [https://www.iheartradio.ca/virginradio/winnipeg Listen Live]
| website = [https://www.iheartradio.ca/virginradio/winnipeg iheartradio.ca/virginradio/winnipeg]
}}
CKMM-FM (103.1 MHz) is a Top 40/CHR radio station owned by Bell Media, branded as 103.1 Virgin Radio. The station broadcasts from 1445 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, with sister station CFWM-FM, while its transmitter is located at Duff Roblin Provincial Park.
History
On March 13, 1979, Armadale Communications was awarded a license for a new FM station in Winnipeg, to broadcast on 103.1 MHz. On February 14, 1980, the station signed on air as CKWG-FM, with a near freeform format. On August 21, 1989, the station flipped to adult contemporary. The following year, the station was sold to Western World Communications. The call signs have changed quite a bit over the years, from CHZZ-FM (Z103) to CKLU-FM (103 U FM, then briefly Mix 103) and then finally to CKMM-FM. The General Manager of "Mix" was Jim Millican - who, at one time, was tour manager of famed Winnipeg band, The Guess Who. Barry Horne was Program Director under Millican. Toronto jock and voiceover Adrian Bell replaced well-known jock Don Percy in Mornings, with beloved Winnipeg broadcaster Maureen Murphy sharing morning show duties. CKMM's format and on-air line up was short-lived.
Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, CHZZ-FM was also used on the Videon Cable Program Guide. In 1996, the station switched to a country format with the on-air name Star 103. When CKMM and CFQX-FM came under the ownership of Craig Broadcasting, the format of CKMM was changed to avoid redundancy. CKMM re-launched with a Top 40/CHR format as Hot 103 on New Year's Eve, 1997. CKMM and CFQX became properties of Standard Radio in 2002.
On October 29, 2007, Astral Media took over CKMM as a result of a buyout of Standard Radio. As part of Astral's merger with Bell Media on June 27, 2013, sister station CFQX and Bell's CHIQ-FM were sold to the Jim Pattison Group in order to meet ownership limits.
Image:VirginRadioWinnipegLogo2012.png
On August 31, 2012, CKMM rebranded as 103.1 Virgin Radio, becoming the seventh "Virgin" branded station in Canada.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/ckmm-fm|title=CKMM-FM | work=History of Canadian Broadcasting|publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | access-date=February 3, 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.iheartradio.ca/virginradio/winnipeg 103.1 Virgin Radio]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/manitoba/CKMM-FM CKMM-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- {{RecnetCanada|CKMM-FM}}
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