CKTY-FM
{{Short description|Radio station in Truro, Nova Scotia}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo = Cat-country.jpg
| name = CKTY-FM
| airdate = September 10, 1947 as CKCL
| city = Truro, Nova Scotia
| area = Truro
| format = Country
| owner = Maritime Broadcasting System
| sister_stations = CKTO-FM
| erp = 16,750 watts
| class = B
| branding = Cat Country 99.5
| callsign_meaning = "Cat Country"
| former_frequencies = 1400 kHz (AM) (1947–1956)
600 kHz (1956–2001)
| affiliations =
| website = [https://catcountry995.com/ catcountry995.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
The station has been on the air since September 10, 1947. It originally broadcast at 1400 AM as CKCL then to 600 in 1956, and received CRTC approval to move to 99.5 FM in 2001 after shutting down the AM 600 frequency.{{Cite web
| title = Decision CRTC 2001-160
| publisher = Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
| date = 2 March 2001
| access-date = 2009-03-31
| url = http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/DB2001-160.htm
}}
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.{{Cite web
|title = Stations on the air in 1925
|publisher = Canadian communications foundation
|access-date = 2009-03-31
|url = http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/stations/radio/stat1925.html
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402014358/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/stations/radio/stat1925.html
|archive-date = 2012-04-02
|url-status = dead
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://regina.ctvnews.ca/pure-country-nationwide-rebrand-gives-new-name-to-big-dog-92-7-1.4440686|title=Pure Country: Nationwide rebrand gives new name to Big Dog 92.7|website= CTV News Regina|access-date=2019-05-28|date=2019-05-28}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Hudes |first1=Sammy |title='Not a viable business anymore': Bell Media selling 45 radio stations amid layoffs |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/not-a-viable-business-anymore-bell-media-selling-45-radio-stations-amid-layoffs/article_59a7d1cd-4fb8-5494-9dd6-01b6d3b96364.html |access-date=8 February 2024 |work=Toronto Star |agency=The Canadian Press |date=8 February 2024}} The CRTC approved the sale on December 20, 2024,{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) |date=2024-12-20 |title=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 |url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2024/2024-344.htm |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=crtc.gc.ca}} and the station relaunched its heritage Cat Country branding on April 8, 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-17 |title=The Weekly Briefing |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/twb-rsa-041725/ |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [https://catcountry995.com/ catcountry995.com]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/nova-scotia/CKTY-FM CKTY-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- {{RecnetCanada|CKTY-FM}}
{{Western and Northern Nova Scotia radio}}
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