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CKHK-FM
Radio station in Hawkesbury, Ontario From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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CKHK-FM (107.7 FM, "107.7 Big FM") is a radio station in Hawkesbury, Ontario. Owned by Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria, it broadcasts an adult hits format.
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On June 27, 2007, Ottawa Media Inc., a subsidiary of Evanov Communications, was licensed by the CRTC to operate a new FM station at Hawkesbury.[1]
On April 14, 2008 at 9:00 AM, the station was launched as 107.7 The Jewel, with a soft adult contemporary format.
In May 2021, the station flipped to country as Hot Country 107.7, as part of a realignment of several Evanov stations.[2]
On September 5, 2024, Evanov announced that the station, along with CJWL-FM in Ottawa and CHRC-FM in Rockland, would close effective September 20, 2024, due to increased competition, changing listener habits, and economic conditions brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] However, on September 19, Evanov announced that it had reached agreements to sell all three stations instead, with an agreement to sell CKHK and CHRC to Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria—the cooperative that owns CHOD-FM 92.1 Go FM in Cornwall—pending CRTC approval. While CHOD is a francophone station, it was stated that both stations would continue to broadcast in English.[4]
Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria formally filed applications to acquire the stations on January 24, 2025, via the subsidiary 1001012762 Ontario Inc., valuing them at $150,000 each. It operated the stations under a temporary management agreement until the sale of the station was approved.[5] On the morning of May 12, 2025, CKHK and CHRC stunted with a loop of "Bye Bye Mon Cowboy" by Quebecois singer Mitsou, before flipping to adult hits at noon as Big FM.[6] The sale was approved by the CRTC on June 30, 2025.[7]
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