CKHZ-FM
City of license	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Branding	Z103.5
Slogan	The Beat Of Halifax
Frequency	103.5 (MHz) FM
First air date	June 28, 2006
Format	CHR Rhythmic/Dance
ERP	100,000 watts
Class	C
Callsign meaning	CK Halifax's Z
Owner	Evanov Communications (HFX Broadcasting)
Website	Z103.5

CKHZ-FM (Z103.5) is a Rhythmic/Dance Top 40 radio station serving the Halifax Metropolitan area. The station is owned by HFX Broadcasting, a division of Evanov Communications. Like its Toronto sister, it says the same "Zee 103 Dot 5" branding.

CKHZ is one of two Top 40 outlets in Halifax, the other being CJCH-FM (101.3 The Bounce), whose musical direction is exactly the same as Z103.5.

[edit] Station history

CKHZ occupies the 103.5 FM frequency that was once Halifax's home to CKO from 1985 to 1989, the year CKO ceased broadcasting. In 2003 the CRTC awarded the vacant frequency license to Evanov. On November 26, 2004, CKMW Radio Ltd., (on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated) received CRTC approval to operate on 103.5 MHz. ^[1] After several days of fine tuning it began on-air testing on June 28, 2006. The official on air date of the new station was August 14, 2006.

When CKHZ signed on the air, it sported the moniker and handle Z103.5, The Beat of Halifax and patterned its format after sister station CIDC in Toronto, Ontario, with an emphasis on local content. The station targets the format towards youths and young adults 18-34 with a tertiary demographic in the 12-49 range. Even though the music heavily favors rhythmic and dance product, it does play certain pop/rock tracks.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Z103.5
• CKHZ-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKHZ-FM

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