Anyone who ever associated with these stations is invited. The venue is Winnipeg's new 'essence nightclub', a sophisticated, modern chic, nightlife destination that is all about the experience. Accommodations will be available through CanadInns, either adjacent to the nightclub or in any of their other great Winnipeg Locations. Thursday (24) is planned as registration, meet and greet during the da
ytime. The main event will be an evening reception followed by a banquet and concert. The hosts of the evening will be the "60s" jocks with participation by those from all eras of the stations' history. Chet Breau, Ray St. Germain and Burton Cummings will entertain. The following day, Friday (25), plans include a brunch and afternoon opportunities for "rock history" and riverboat tours and golf. For many attendees, our reunion event merges into the Kelvin 100th reunion on Friday evening. Others are free to meet up with old friends for an evening on the town. Thoughts, questions, suggestions, etc., should be directed to [email protected]
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BRIEF HISTORY OF "CKY"
The original CKY radio station went on the air 13 Mar 1923, owned by the Province of Manitoba and operated by the Manitoba Telephone System. The only other area radio stations at the time, owned by the Winnipeg Free Press and the Winnipeg Tribune respectively, agreed to shut down when CKY went on the air. After 25 years of operation, CKY was purchased by the CBC in 1948 and renamed CBW (which operates to this day). Radio pioneer Lloyd Moffat acquired the CKY call sign and CKY-AM relaunched on New Year's Eve 1949 as a private radio station with 5kW day and 1kW night on 580kHz. The station upgraded to 50kW in 1960. On 1 Aug 1963 Moffat added an "FM Stereo" service called CKY-FM which broadcast on 92.1MHz with 360kW making it the most powerful FM station in the world. In 1978, CKY-FM was re-branded as CITI-FM and the power was reduced in 2003 to 140kW. In 1992, both CKY-AM and CITI-FM were sold to Rogers Communications. In 2004, Rogers converted CKY-AM to FM on 102.3MHz with 100kW. The station retained the CKY-FM call sign but is publicly branded as 102.3 "Clear FM". The 580kHz frequency is now silent in Winnipeg.
