CHKX-FM

Hamilton, Ontario
Broadcast area	Golden Horseshoe
Frequency	94.7 MHz (FM) (HD Radio)
Branding	KX 94.7
Programming
Format	Country HD2: Smooth jazz Wave.fm HD3: CHTG-FM
Ownership
Owner	Durham Radio Inc.
Sister stations	CJKX-FM, CHTG-FM, CKDO, CKGE-FM
History
First air date	September 1, 2000
Former call signs	CIWV-FM (2000-2011)
Call sign meaning	C Hamilton's KX (City of license and sister station/branding of both stations)
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	40,000 watts average 100,000 watts peak
HAAT	139.9 meters (459 ft)
Links
Website	kx947.fm

CHKX-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 94.7 FM from Hamilton, Ontario and licensed to Hamilton/Burlington. The station airs a country format branded as KX 94.7. CHKX's studios are located on Upper Wellington Street in Hamilton, while their transmitter is located atop the Niagara Escarpment near Stoney Creek.

The station cannot be reliably heard in most of the Niagara Region due to the presence of adjacent-channel interference from WNED-FM, a classical music station in Buffalo, New York.

History

Wave 94.7

CHKX-FM originally launched on September 1, 2000, as CIWV-FM with a smooth jazz format by Burlingham Communications Inc., a company controlled by Douglas Kirk, the owner of CJKX-FM in Ajax. Local radio consultant Rae Roe initially owned a small interest in the company. Roe sold his interest in the station in early 2001.

In 2007, the station applied to add new transmitters in Meaford,^[1] Peterborough^[2] and Ottawa, Ontario.^[3] All applications were denied by the CRTC.

CHKX-FM Hamilton has gone through several technical changes and more than doubled its power in November 2009.^[4][5][6][7]

On September 1, 2007, Burlingham Communications Inc merged with Durham Radio Inc., an Oshawa, Ontario based company also controlled by Douglas Kirk. The new merged entity continued operations under the Durham Radio banner.

KX 94.7

On August 1, 2011, CIWV dropped its jazz format and flipped to country music as KX 94.7, changing its calls to CHKX-FM to match the new branding; the previous Wave format moved to an internet radio station.^[8]

In December 2015, the CRTC granted approval for CHKX to utilize HD Radio services. Wave.FM would return to the airwaves as a digital subchannel on 94.7-HD2 for listeners in the Hamilton area.^[9]

In September 2017, its sister station CJKX-FM broadcasts on HD. It is digital subchannel HD2 as Wave.FM on 95.9-HD2 for listeners in Durham Region area.