CHKX-FM originally launched on September 1, 2000, as CIWV-FM with a smooth jazz format by Burlingham Communications Inc., a company controlled by Douglas Kirk, the owner of CJKX-FM in Ajax. Local radio consultant Rae Roe initially owned a small interest in the company. Roe sold his interest in the station in early 2001.
CHKX-FM Hamilton has gone through several technical changes and more than doubled its power in November 2009.[4][5][6][7]
On September 1, 2007, Burlingham Communications Inc merged with Durham Radio Inc., an Oshawa, Ontario based company also controlled by Douglas Kirk. The new merged entity continued operations under the Durham Radio banner.
KX 94.7
Current HD2 format
On August 1, 2011, CIWV dropped its jazz format and flipped to country music as KX 94.7, changing its calls to CHKX-FM to match the new branding; the previous Wave format moved to an internet radio station.[8]
In December 2015, the CRTC granted approval for CHKX to utilize HD Radio services. Wave.FM would return to the airwaves as a digital subchannel on 94.7-HD2 for listeners in the Hamilton area.[9]
In September 2017, its sister station CJKX-FM broadcasts on HD. It is digital subchannel HD2 as Wave.FM on 95.9-HD2 for listeners in Durham Region area.
