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CKYL

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City
  
Peace River, Alberta

Branding
  
YL Country

Broadcast area
  
Peace River

Frequency
  
610 kHz

Slogan
  
Peace Country Favourites

First air date
  
November 1, 1954 (630 AM)

CKYL is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a country music radio format at 610 AM in Peace River, Alberta and also several different other frequencies on the FM dial. The station is branded as YL Country and is owned by Peace River Broadcasting.

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History

CKYL originally began broadcasting in 1954 at 630 AM, until it moved to its current AM 610 kHz frequency in the late 1950s or early 60s. The station is also heard via a number of FM translators in various communities in northern Alberta. CKYL (AM) is a Class B regional station broadcasting with a power of 10,000 watts daytime and nighttime.

Rebroadcasters

On October 17, 2011, Peace River Broadcasting received CRTC approval to operate a new transmitter at Manning, Alberta on 93.3 MHz.

References

CKYL Wikipedia