CISQ-FM

"CKKS-FM" redirects here. For the Vancouver radio station that held the call sign CKKS-FM from 1985 to 2002, see CKLG-FM.

CISQ-FM

City of license	Squamish, British Columbia
Broadcast area	Squamish/Whistler/Pemberton/Sunshine Coast
Branding	Mountain FM
Slogan	Your Adventure Station
Frequency	107.1 MHz (FM)
First air date	1981
Format	Hot adult contemporary
ERP	30 kW
HAAT	-533.6 m
Class	B
Callsign meaning	C I SQuamish
Owner	Rogers Communications
Webcast	Listen live
Website	Mountain FM

CISQ-FM (identified as Mountain FM) is an FM radio station owned by Rogers Communications and operating in southwestern British Columbia. It broadcasts at 107.1 MHz in Squamish and 102.1 MHz in Whistler. It uses a primarily hot adult contemporary format.

History

The station was founded in 1981 by Mountain Broadcasting, which was was sold to Selkirk Communications in January 1989. Selkirk, in turn, was sold to Maclean-Hunter in September 1989, and CISQ was resold to Rogers Communications as part of the purchase. The station was relaunched with an adult contemporary format on August 29, 2003. The format later changed again in 2010.

CISQ-FM has gone through a number of frequency changes. Since the launch in 1982, the station originally began broadcasting at 104.9 FM. In 1987, CISQ moved from 104.9 to 98.3 FM and to 104.7 FM the same year.^[1][2] In 1988, CISQ settled to its current frequency at 107.1 FM.^[3]

Rebroadcasters

Rebroadcasters of CISQ-FM

City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	RECNet	CRTC Decision
Whistler	CISW-FM	102.1	1430 watts	Query
Pemberton	CISP-FM	104.5	400 watts	Query
Pender Harbour	CIPN-FM	104.7	350 watts	Query	84-76687-329
Sechelt	CKKS-FM	104.7	350 watts	Query	84-76585-814
Gibsons	CISC-FM	107.5	4600 watts	Query
Egmont	CIEG-FM	107.5	50 watts	Query	86-85

References

1. ^ Decision CRTC 87-33
2. ^ Decision CRTC 87-922
3. ^ Decision CRTC 88-845

External links

• Mountain FM
• CISQ-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CISQ-FM