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CKBL-FM
CKBL-FM, branded as 92.9 The Bull, is a country radio station in downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The station is part of the Saskatoon Media Group and has studios with sister stations CJWW and CJMK-FM.
History.
The station originated on the AM dial as CFQC-AM, which began broadcasting in 1923. It was founded by electrical supply shop owners A. A. "Pappy" Murphy and David Streb. Murphy bought out Streb in 1932.
The station was an affiliate of
's coverage area expanded with the granting by the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission for an FM rebroadcaster at Big White Ski Village on Big White mountain. It was known unofficially as "CKIQ FM", though that was never advertised on air, when the rebroadcaster launched in 1983.
In 1995, Four Seasons Radio launched CKBL-FM after receiving approval for an FM licence in the Kelowna radio market. That station was branded as 99.9 The Bullet and broadcast a country music format.
A company called Okanagan Skeena Radio