CKTY-FM

Truro, Nova Scotia
Broadcast area	Truro
Frequency	99.5 MHz (FM)
Branding	Pure Country 99.5
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Bell Media Pending sale to Maritime Broadcasting System [1]
Sister stations	CKTO-FM
History
First air date	September 10, 1947 as CKCL
Former frequencies	1400 kHz (AM) (1947-1956) 600 kHz (1956-2001)
Call sign meaning	C(K)at CounTrY (former branding)
Technical information
Class	B
ERP	16,750 watts
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	iheartradio.ca/purecountry/nova-scotia

CKTY-FM (99.5 MHz) is a radio station in Truro, Nova Scotia. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a country format branded as Pure Country 99.5.

History

The station has been on the air since September 10, 1947. It originally broadcast at 1400 AM as CKCL then to 600 in 1956, and received CRTC approval to move to 99.5 FM in 2001 after shutting down the AM 600 frequency.^[2]

CKTY was formerly the callsign of a now-defunct AM radio station in Sarnia, Ontario, which moved to the FM dial and is now CHKS-FM. CKCL was also a former callsign of a radio station in Toronto, Ontario in the 1920s.^[3]

On July 5, 2013, it and CKTO-FM were acquired by Bell Media as part of their acquisition of Astral Media. On May 28, 2019, the station was renamed Pure Country 99.5 as part of a nationwide rebranding of all Bell Media country stations.^[4]