CKRY-FM

{{Short description|Radio station in Calgary}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = CKRY-FM

| logo =

| logo_size = 225px

| branding = Country 105

| airdate = July 9, 1982

| frequency = 105.1 MHz (FM) {{HD Radio}}

| repeater = CKRY-FM-2 93.3 Banff

| city = Calgary, Alberta

| area = Calgary Metropolitan Region

| coordinates = {{Coord|51.050|-114.075|display=inline,title}}

| format = Country
HD2: CHQR

| owner = Corus Entertainment

| licensee = Corus Radio Company

| sister_stations = CHQR, CFGQ-FM, CICT-DT, CISA-DT

| erp = 100,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|298.5|meters}}

| class = C

| callsign_meaning = C(K)algaRY (broadcast area) or
C(K)ountRY (format)

| affiliations = Premiere Networks

| website = [http://www.country105.com/ country105.com]

}}

CKRY-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a country format at 105.1 FM in Calgary, Alberta. The station uses its on-air brand name Country 105. The station is owned by Corus Entertainment, which also owns sister stations CHQR, CFGQ-FM, CICT-DT, and CISA-DT. CKRY's studios are located on 17th Ave SW near Westbrook Mall, while its transmitter is located at 85th Street Southwest and Old Banff Coach Road in western Calgary.

As of Winter 2020, CKRY is the 5th-most-listened-to radio station in the Calgary market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris.{{Cite web |url=https://www.radiowest.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=37459 |title=Winter 2020 PPM Data |access-date=2021-04-01 }} Country 105 has been awarded Station of the Year several times, most recently in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://shorttakes.canadianmusician.com/winners-revealed-for-2019-canadian-music-broadcast-industry-awards/|title=Site Unavailable|access-date=2020-05-07|archive-date=2021-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923193211/https://shorttakes.canadianmusician.com/winners-revealed-for-2019-canadian-music-broadcast-industry-awards/|url-status=dead}}

Image:CKRY-Country105 Calgary.svg

A transmitter located in Banff, Alberta, rebroadcasts the station at 93.3 FM.{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-108.htm|title=ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 2000-108, Addition of a transmitter of CKRY-FM at Banff|first=Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|last=(CRTC)|date=20 April 2000|website=www.crtc.gc.ca}}

In December 2015, CKRY launched HD Radio services, becoming the first station in Alberta to do so. Their HD2 sub-channel airs a simulcast of sister station CHQR.{{cite web|url=http://hdradio.com/canada/find-hd-radio-canadian-station?field_location_tid=52&field_language_value=1|title=Canada Stations}} On April 1. 2016, Corus acquired Shaw Media, giving CKRY two TV stations (CISA and CICT) for additional sister networks. CKRY is simulcast across Canada on Bell Satellite TV satellite channel 968.http://www.bell.ca/Styles/tv/all_languages/all_regions/pdfs/U3753%20WHS%20Prog%20Channel-DTH%20ON%20FEB%202016%20E.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}