CKRK-FM

CKRK-FM
City	Kahnawake, Quebec
Branding	K103 Kahnawake
Slogan	The Monster Your First Nations Radio Station
Frequency	103.7 MHz (FM)
First air date	March 30, 1981
Format	Community Radio
Power	250 watts
Callsign meaning	Canada Kanien'kehaka Raotitiohkwa Kahnawake
Owner	Mohawk Radio Kahnawake Association
Website	www.k103radio.com

CKRK-FM is an English-language Canadian radio station located in the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, a First Nations reserve near Montreal, Quebec.

It broadcasts on 103.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 250 watts (class A1) using an omnidirectional antenna. The transmitter is aging and based on recent measurements the transmitter is putting out approximately 220 watts. The station is heard fairly well in Kahnawake and surrounding towns in the southwest sector of the Montérégie. Reception is also possible on the island of Montreal, particularly in the south and southwest sectors of the island.

CKRK-FM was originally on 103.5 MHz with only 50 watts; it moved to its current frequency and raised its power in 1996,^[1] after another station, CJLM-FM, signed on the same channel in Joliette, causing interference.

The station went on the air on March 30, 1981, and identifies itself as "K103" (and also sometimes as "The Monster"). It originally had a country music format; starting in 1995, it moved to an adult contemporary format with significant time devoted to hip-hop programming during weeknights. K103 still aired country music on the weekend (until 2011, when CKKI-FM launched. The Kanien'kehaka Onkwawenna Raotitiohkwa Language and Cultural sponsors the station's 1-hour block of programming in Kanien'keha (i.e., "Mohawk language") on Wednesdays between Noon and 1 PM hosted by Joe McGregor and Leo Diabo.

The mainstay of K-103's broadcast week, and principal revenue generator, is the Friday night "Radio Bingo" broadcast, from 8 PM to approximately 10:30 PM. This on-air bingo game draws in hundreds of players weekly from Kahnawake and the surrounding communities.

K-103 Radio also carries live play-by-play broadcasts of Kahnawake hockey and lacross games throughout the season. Previously, CKRK-FM aired play-by-play broadcasts of Montreal Expos baseball games in 1991 and 1992 on a number of occasions, when CJAD was not able to do so because of schedule conflicts with Montreal Canadiens hockey games.

In the fall of 2008, K-103, in conjunction with and with the assistance of the Kahnawake Fire Brigade, held a 55-hour-long Radiothon to raise funds towards the purchase of a new ladder truck for the Brigade. K-103 was successful in raising over $450,000 Canadian towards the $1.1 million price tag for the vehicle.

On April 19, 2010, Montreal radio legend Ted Bird joined the morning show at K-103 after having left CHOM 97-7, his radio home of 25 years, after becoming increasingly disgruntled with the direction of the station. He would leave CKRK-FM on May 7, 2012, over mutual terms that was not revealed.^[2] The following week, Bird would return to the air after signing a two-year contract with CKGM.^[3]

The station airs country music on weekends, from 6 am Saturday to Noon Sunday

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Radio stations in Montreal and surrounding area

Montreal AM	NEW 600 CKGM 690 CKAC 730 CJAD 800 NEW 850 NEW 940 CHRF 980 CFMB 1280 CJWI 1410 CHOU 1450 CHRN 1610 CJRS 1650 CJLO 1690 Defunct CINF 690 CINW 940 CJMS 1280 CHLP 1410 CKO/CFOX 1470 CKLM 1570

Montreal FM	CHDO 88.1 CBME 88.5 CISM 89.3 CKUT 90.3 CHIL 90.7 CIRA 91.3 CKLX 91.9 CKBE 92.5 CBM 93.5 CKMF 94.3 CBF 95.1 CJFM 95.9 CKOI 96.9 CHOM 97.7 CJPX 99.5 CKVL 100.1 CBFX 100.7 CIBL 101.5 CBMG 101.9 CINQ 102.3 CILO 102.9 NEW/CHOU-1 104.5 CBME-1 104.7 CKDG 105.1 CKIN 106.3 CITE 107.3 Defunct CFTL 96.7 (Pirate) CJRM-FM 98.5 CKAV-10 106.7

Adjacent communities	Acton Vale CFID 103.7 Akwesasne CKON 97.3 Châteauguay/Candiac CHAI 101.9 Granby CFXM 104.9 Hudson/Saint-Lazare CHSV 106.7 Joliette CJLM 103.5 Kahnawake CKKI 89.9 CKRK 103.7 Laval CJLV 1570 CFGL 105.7 Longueuil CHMP 98.5 CHAA 103.3 Saint-Constant CJMS 1040 Saint-Hyacinthe CFEI 106.5 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu CFZZ 104.1 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield CKOD 103.1 Sorel-Tracy CJSO 101.7 Vaudreuil-Dorion CJVD 100.1 Defunct CHEF 1450 (Granby)

Specialty services	HMWN Radio Maria International Tamil Radio Radio Humsafar

Adjacent markets	North Country Region, NY Burlington VT / Plattsburgh NY Cornwall, ON

Quebec radio markets Abitibi-Témiscamingue Bas-Saint-Laurent Centre-du-Québec Chaudière-Appalaches Côte-Nord Gaspésie Gatineau Laurentides Mauricie Montreal Nord-du-Québec Quebec City Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Sherbrooke/Estrie See also List of radio stations in Quebec

Coordinates: 45°24′00″N 73°41′23″W / 45.40000°N 73.68972°W / 45.40000; -73.68972

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