CIKR-FM (105.7 MHz ) is a Canadian radio station in Kingston, Ontario owned by Rogers Radio , a division of Rogers Sports & Media . The station broadcasts an active rock format branded as K-Rock 105.7 .
6-577: CIKR may refer to: CIKR-FM , "K-Rock 105.7", a radio station in Kingston, Ontario, Canada Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources, part of the United States National Response Framework Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CIKR . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-418: A new English-language FM radio programming undertaking at Kingston. The station was launched at 4 p.m. on March 19, 2001, by Wright, formerly the general manager of competing stations CKLC and CFLY . It was the first new radio station to be launched in Kingston since 1953. The first song played on "K-Rock" was " Courage " by The Tragically Hip . On February 6, 2008, K-Rock purchased the naming rights to
18-580: The K-Rock Centre for 10 years at $ 3.3 million. In late November 2008, Rogers announced it would acquire the remainder of the K-Rock partnership, pending CRTC approval. Its application was approved by the CRTC on May 4, 2009. On May 31, 2010, former morning show host and program director Glenn "G" Williams died after a two-year battle with ALS at age 42. In June 2012, popular radio hosts Humble & Fred joined
24-412: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CIKR&oldid=842738238 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages CIKR-FM The station
30-628: The station to fill-in as hosts of the morning show for the summer. In February 2013, long-time K-Rock announcer Big Kris returned to the station to host the morning show with co-host Boomer. The station's Brock & Dalby morning show is also heard on Rogers' rock-formatted stations in Northern Ontario , including CJRQ-FM in Sudbury, CJQQ-FM in Timmins and CKFX-FM in North Bay. All four stations air
36-450: Was originally owned by K-Rock 105.7 Inc., consisting of John P. Wright (60%), Douglas Kirk (15%), and Rogers Radio (25%). The same ownership group also launched CKXC-FM in early 2008, and formerly operated WLYK in the nearby American community of Cape Vincent, New York through a local marketing agreement . On September 21, 2000, the partnership received approval from the CRTC to operate
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