CKMX is a Canadian

Canada

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 radio station in Calgary

Calgary

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, Alberta

Alberta

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 with a classic country

Classic country

Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.This genre generally follows one of two formats: those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s, and focus primarily on innovators and artists from country music's Golden...

 music format at AM 1060 kHz and is owned by Astral Media

Astral Media

Astral Media Inc. is a Canadian media corporation. It is Canada's largest radio broadcaster with 83 radio stations in eight provinces, and is a major player in premium and specialty television in Canada, including The Movie Network, Super Écran, Family, Teletoon, Canal D, Canal Vie, VRAK.TV,...

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The station dates back to 1921 when it was founded as CFCN. It was a phantom station

Phantom station

A phantom radio station was, in the early days of radio, one which did not own or operate a radio transmitter and was licensed to broadcast only over an existing physical station from which it leased time...

 affiliate of the Canadian National Railway radio network and later of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

's Dominion Network

Dominion Network

The Dominion Network was the second English-language radio network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from January 1, 1944 to 1962.It consisted of the CBC-owned CJBC radio station in Toronto and a series of 34 privately owned affiliates from coast-to-coast...

. In 1947, the station moved to its current AM frequency at 1060 kHz and adopted the CKMX call letters in 1994. It can be heard on shortwave on 6030 kilohertz (via its repeater CFVP

CFVP

CFVP is the fulltime shortwave rebroadcaster of CKMX in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. CFVP broadcasts at a power of 100 watts on 6030 kHz in the 49m shortwave band.-History:...

, reaching western North America.

It became CKMX in 1992

1992 in radio

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 when Maclean-Hunter

Maclean-Hunter

Maclean-Hunter was a Canadian communications company, which had diversified holdings in radio, television, magazines, newspapers and cable television distribution....

 sold it while retaining ownership of sister station CFCN-TV

CFCN-TV

CFCN-DT is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it is a part of the CTV Television Network. The station also operates a semi-satellite in Lethbridge....

, and switched the format to hot adult contemporary under the name Mix 1060 from contemporary hit radio

Contemporary hit radio

Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...

 as AM106. By the mid-1990s, the station adopted an adult standards

Adult standards

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 format; this ended in 2005

2005 in radio

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, when the station adopted their current format.

CKMX broadcasts in AM stereo

AM stereo

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External links

• Classic Country AM 1060
• CKMX history at Canadian Communications Foundation
  Canadian Communications Foundation
  The 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....