CKMS-FM
City of license	Waterloo, Ontario
Broadcast area	Waterloo Region
Branding	Sound FM
Slogan	Hear what the noise is all about
Frequency	100.3 MHz (FM)
First air date	1977
Format	campus radio
ERP	250 W
Class	A1
Owner	Radio Waterloo Inc.
Website	Sound FM

CKMS-FM, known as 100.3 SoundFM, is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 100.3 FM in Waterloo, Ontario. It is the campus radio station of the city's University of Waterloo serving both the campus and surrounding community.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Recent developments 2 References 3 External links

[edit] History

The station launched in 1977 at 94.5 FM, and moved to its current frequency in 1992 where it has been broadcasting from at least 6am until midnight ever since. ^[1]

CKMS plays a variety of genres, ranging from rap music to rock music to classical music. The station's programmers are all volunteers from the Kitchener-Waterloo community and students at the University of Waterloo.

The station is governed by a board of directors made up of four students and three community members.

[edit] Recent developments

Historically, 90% of CKMS's funding has come from UW's undergraduate students, via a refundable charge on students' bill statements ($5.50 per term as of the 2007-08 school year), levied through the university's Federation of Students ("Feds"). In February 2008, a student referendum initiated by Feds was passed by more than a 2:1 margin to remove the fee, and funding ceased on September 1, 2008.

Following the referendum, the station rebranded as "SoundFM", continuing operations with community support, and the consent of the university and Feds to remain in its existing studios while it worked to revamp its operations. The station manager of the time was fired; SoundFM's current management has distanced itself from the prior regime, which it now says was "complacent" and hostile.^[2]

In October 2009, the station reached a new agreement with Feds under which, pending another referendum in November, the fee would be reinstated, but reduced to $2.50 per term (with adjustments for inflation).^[3] The station's supporters suggested that it was unlikely to continue operations without student support.^[2]

In the 2009 referendum, with 18% of eligible voters participating, students voted 2460 to 2005 against reinstating the station's funding.^[4] The announcement of the referendum results on November 13 led the station to change the locks of its studios and switch temporarily to a full-time rebroadcast of the BBC World Service, pending a final decision on its future.^[5] Regular programming resumed on the 16th in order to allow station management to examine other means of continuing broadcasts.^[6]

A few weeks later, Sound FM announced it would move its studios to the upper level of Maxwell's Music House, a multipurpose music facility near the university, as of mid-January 2010; the station will run automated programming while the move takes place, starting on the evening of December 4.^[7]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sound FM
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKMS-FM

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