| CFQK-FM | |
| City: | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Area: | Thunder Bay, OntarioKaministiquia, Ontario |
| Branding: | Energy 103/104 |
| Airdate: | 2002 |
| Frequency: | 103.5 & 104.5 MHz (FM) |
| Format: | contemporary hit radio |
| Erp: | 50 watts |
| Class: | LP |
| Owner: | Northwest Broadcasting (Dougall Media) |
| Website: | energy103104.com |
CFQK-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 104.5 FM in Kaministiquia, Ontario. The station airs a contemporary hit radio music format as Energy 103/104.
The station also broadcasts on 103.5 FM in Shuniah, with the callsign CKED-FM.
On September 15, 2000, Joel Virtanen, on behalf of Northwest Broadcasting, received approval by the CRTC to operate a new FM radio station to broadcast at 104.5 MHz in Kaministiquia.[1]
CFQK-FM began broadcasting at 104.5 FM Kaministiquia in 2001 or 2002.[2]
On November 21, 2002, the CRTC approved Northwest Broadcasting Inc.'s application to operate a new FM transmitter at Mount Baldy to serve Shuniah on the frequency of 103.5 MHz and would rebroadcast the programming of CFQK-FM Kaministiquia.[3] The CKED-FM transmitter signed on at 103.5 MHz Shuniah in 2003.[4] Both frequencies are low-power transmitters with partial audience reach into the nearby city of Thunder Bay.
On June 10, 2005, the CRTC denied an application by Dougall Media to acquire the station.[5]
Since CFQK-FM signed on in 2002, the station has gone through a number of short-lived formats such as hot ac/oldies Max 104.5, country music "Cottage Country 104",[6] and adult hits Larry FM. In mid-2005, the station dropped the adult hits "Larry FM" format and switched to a hot adult contemporary format known as 103.5, 104.5 HOT-FM.[7] Earlier that same year, an unrelated radio station CKTG-FM in Thunder Bay dropped its Hot 105.3 Hot AC/CHR format to classic rock.
In May 2008, CFQK-FM and its repeater CKED-FM once again changed formats this time to a country music format, known as 103.5 The Thunder.
In April 2010, the station applied to increase the effective radiated power for CFQK-FM from 50 watts to 250 watts and its repeater CKED-FM from 10 watts to 250 watts. This application was denied by the CRTC on October 15, 2010.[8]
On June 13, 2014, CFQK-FM and CKED-FM dropped the Thunder Country format and switched to a contemporary hit radio format as Energy FM.
On January 3, 2022, the station made a slight rebrand as Energy 103/104, Thunder Bay's Hit Music Station. The rebrand was accompanied by a new logo.