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| Broadcast area | Halifax Regional Municipality |
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| Branding | Z103. See also Halifax Nova Scotia See also Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election 2008 Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital 5 |
| Slogan | The Beat Of Halifax |
| Frequency | 103. A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 5 (MHz) FM |
| First air date | June 28, 2006 |
| Format | CHR Rhythmic/Dance |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | CK Halifax's Z |
| Owner | HFX Broadcasting a div. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, Contemporary Hits, or Top 40) is a Radio format that is common in the United States and In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise of Evanov Communications |
| Website | http://www.z103halifax.com/ |
CKHZ-FM (Z103. Evanov Communications, formerly Evanov Radio Group, is a Canadian radio broadcasting company A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages 5) is a Rhythmic/Dance Top 40 radio station serving The Halifax Metropolitan area. Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music Radio format that Dance radio are Radio stations that include dance / electronica music as a large part of their programming This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. See also Halifax Nova Scotia See also Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election 2008 Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital The station is owned by HFX Broadcasting a division of Evanov Communications. Evanov Communications, formerly Evanov Radio Group, is a Canadian radio broadcasting company
CKHZ is one of two Top 40 outlets in the Halifax Urban Area, the other being CJCH-FM (101. Metropolitan Halifax (2006 pop 282924) often referred to as Metro Halifax, or inaccurately Halifax, is the urban part of the Halifax Regional Municipality CJCH-FM is a Canadian Radio station owned by CTVglobemedia. It broadcasts on the FM band at 101 3 The Bounce), whose musical direction is similar to Z103. 5.
Station history
CKHZ occupies the 103. 5 FM frequency that was once Halifax's home to CKO from 1985 to 1989, the year CKO ceased broadcasting. See also Chief knowledge officer CKO was a Canadian radio news network which operated from 1977 to 1989 In 2003 the CRTC awarded the vacant frequency license to Evanov. After several days of fine tuning it began on-air testing on June 28, 2006. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The official on air date of the new station was August 14, 2006. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
When CKHZ signed on the air, it sported the moniker and handle Z-103. 5, The Beat of Halifax and patterned its format after sister station CIDC in Toronto, Ontario with an emphasis on local content. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The station targets the format towards youths and young adults 18-34 with a tertiary demographic in the 12-49 range. Even though the music heavily favors Rhythmic and Dance product, it does play certain Pop/Rock tracks.