CKWD

CKWD-FM

City	Calgary, Alberta
Broadcast area	Calgary Region
Branding	Wild 95.3
Slogan	Calgary's New Country
Frequency	95.3 MHz (FM)
First air date	April 25, 2014
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	272.9 meters
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	C K WilD FM
Former callsigns	CHPK-FM (2014-2016)
Owner	Jim Pattison Group (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Ltd.)
Sister stations	CKCE-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wild953.com

CKWD-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 95.3 FM in Calgary, Alberta owned by Jim Pattison Group. The station broadcasts a country music format branded as WILD 95.3. CKWD's studios & offices are located on 58th Avenue Southwest in Calgary, while its transmitter is located on Old Banff Coach Road.

CKWD-FM's license was granted by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on May 24, 2012.^[1] It is a sister station to CKCE-FM. Its owners, the Jim Pattison Group, purchased that station from Bell Media on May 16, 2013, as part of a series of divestments required as part of its acquisition of Astral Media. The newly acquired station was consolidated into CHPK's facilities.^[2] The station officially launched as CHPK-FM on April 25, 2014 with an adult album alternative format as 95.3 The Peak.^[3]^[4]

At 10:15 a.m. on February 29, 2016, CHPK flipped to country branded as Wild 95.3; the station's general manager Eric Stafford cited low interest and ratings for the station's AAA format as an impetus for the switch. In particular, Stafford believed that The Peak was unable to fully distinguish itself from its main competitor, CFEX-FM, in order to remain competitive. The new Wild format competes mainly against the historically dominant CKRY-FM; Stafford stated that Wild would have a younger-skewing format with a focus on newer material and fewer "throwback" songs.^[5]^[6] In addition, the station changed call letters to CKWD-FM.^[7]

References

↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-308, Licensing of new radio stations to serve Calgary, Alberta, CRTC, May 24, 2012
↑ "Pattison group looks to buy castoffs from Bell Astral deal". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
↑ "95.3 The Peak Calgary Debuts". Radio Insight. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
↑ http://formatchange.com/95-3-the-peak-debuts/
↑ "Calgary's new Wild 95.3 replaces Peak radio, because 'there just wasn’t enough interest'". Calgary Herald (Postmedia). Retrieved 2 March 2016.
↑ https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/105237/wild-country-comes-to-calgary/
↑ http://airchecker.ca/2016/03/06/canadian-radio-news-recap-february-2016/

External links

Radio stations in Calgary, Alberta

AM	CFFR 660 CJLI 700 CHQR 770 CFAC 960 CBR 1010 CKMX 1060

SW	CFVP 6.03 MHz

FM	CKAV-3 88.1 (defunct) CJSI 88.9 CBCX 89.7 CKMP 90.3 CJSW 90.9 CJAY 92.1 CFEX 92.9 CKUA-1 93.7 CHKF 94.7 CKWD 95.3 CHFM 95.9 CJAQ 96.9 CHUP 97.7 CIBK 98.5 CBR-1 99.1 VF5001 100.3 CKUV 100.9 CKCE 101.5 CBR 102.1 CFXL 103.1 CBRF 103.9 CKOV 104.5 CKRY 105.1 CIRI 106.5 CKYR 106.7 CFGQ 107.3 VF5002 107.9

Specialty services	Sur Sagar Radio Sur Sangam Radio

Web	Revolution 103

HD Radio	105.1-1 105.1-2

Alberta radio markets Banff Calgary Edmonton Fort McMurray Grande Prairie Lethbridge Lloydminster Medicine Hat Red Deer See also List of radio stations in Alberta

Coordinates: 51°03′37″N 114°10′17″W / 51.06028°N 114.17139°W / 51.06028; -114.17139

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