CKSA-FM
Encyclopedia
CKSA-FM is a Canadian
radio station
owned by Newcap Broadcasting
. It broadcasts at 95.9 FM
in Lloydminster
, Alberta
/Saskatchewan
. It currently plays a country
format, with the on-air moniker Lloyd at 95-9.
station on April 3, 1957. CKSA first broadcast on the 1150 kHz frequency and later changed to 1080. In 2002, the station received approval by the CRTC to move from the AM dial to the FM dial. For many years, CKSA was the only radio station in Lloydminster and the surrounding area owned by Midwest Broadcasting.
In the 1980s, CKSA changed its format to country, and it was once known as Country 108.
As part of a re-branding strategy by its new owners, Newcap Broadcasting, CKSA was changed to Lloyd at 95 dot 9—He Plays Everything Country!
Canada
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radio station
Radio station
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owned by Newcap Broadcasting
Newcap Broadcasting
Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited is a major Canadian broadcasting company, majority-owned by Harold R. Steele. Newfoundland Capital is the parent company of Newcap Inc. . It is currently the number two private-sector radio broadcaster in Canada, just behind Astral Media...
. It broadcasts at 95.9 FM
FM broadcasting
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in Lloydminster
Lloydminster
Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
/Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
. It currently plays a country
Country music
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format, with the on-air moniker Lloyd at 95-9.
History
CKSA started as an AMAM broadcasting
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station on April 3, 1957. CKSA first broadcast on the 1150 kHz frequency and later changed to 1080. In 2002, the station received approval by the CRTC to move from the AM dial to the FM dial. For many years, CKSA was the only radio station in Lloydminster and the surrounding area owned by Midwest Broadcasting.
In the 1980s, CKSA changed its format to country, and it was once known as Country 108.
As part of a re-branding strategy by its new owners, Newcap Broadcasting, CKSA was changed to Lloyd at 95 dot 9—He Plays Everything Country!
External links
- Lloyd at 95-9
- CKSA-FM history at Canadian Communications FoundationCanadian Communications FoundationThe Canadian Communications Foundation is a history of Canadian broadcasting for radio and television chronicles and documents. It also provides a history of radio and television stations, including networks, programs, broadcasters and many others....