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CKRU-FM
CKRU-FM (100.5 MHz) is a Canadian radio station in Peterborough, Ontario, owned by Corus Entertainment. The station broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format branded as 100.5 Fresh Radio.
History.
The station began broadcasting back in 1942 as CHEX at AM 1430 kHz, until it moved to 980 kHz in 1958. CHEX became CKRU in 1992. The CHEX call letters currently belong to CHEX-TV in Peterborough.
History Switch to FM.
On October 11, 2007, CKRU
applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to convert from the AM band to the FM band.
On May 8, 2008, CKRU was given approval to convert to the FM band at 96.7 MHz, however, Pineridge Broadcasting, who owns CKSG-FM and CHUC-FM in Cobourg, had selected the 96.7 FM frequency for a new adult contemporary station. As a result, CKRU had to then do research to find another FM frequency, and applied to broadcast at 100.5 FM.