| CKYY-FM | |
| City: | Welland, Ontario |
| Area: | Niagara Region |
| Branding: | Country 89 |
| Airdate: | February 20, 2015 |
| Format: | Country |
| Frequency: | 89.1 MHz (FM) |
| Erp: | 564 watts average 3,100 watts peak horizontal & vertical polarization |
| Class: | A |
| Sister Stations: | CIXL-FM |
| Affiliations: | Niagara IceDogs Niagara River Lions |
| Licensee: | CKYY-FM Welland |
| Owner: | My Broadcasting Corporation |
| Webcast: | Listen Live |
| Website: | country89.com |
CKYY-FM (89.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Welland, Ontario, Canada, serving the Niagara Region. It is owned My Broadcasting Corporation. It airs a country format and identifies on air as "Niagara's New Country 89.1". The studios and offices for CKYY-FM and sister station CIXL-FM are on Forks Road on the Port Colborne - Welland border.
CKYY-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 564 watts average, with a peak of 3,100 watts. The tower has a height above average terrain (HAAT) of .[1] CKYY-FM uses a directional antenna to avoid its signal from interfering with stations in the U.S. The transmitter is located on Matthews Road in Welland https://fmscan.org/net.php?r=f&m=m&itu=CAN&pxf=CKYY-FM.
The station's founders received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on June 26, 2014, to construct a new English-language commercial FM station.[2] [3] The station signed on the air on February 20, 2015.[4]
On May 10, 2019, Stingray Group announced its intention to purchase R.B. Communications' two stations in Welland.[5] The sale fell through in early 2020. In 2022, Wellport announced a new deal to sell CIXL and CKYY to My Broadcasting Corporation.[6]
On September 20, 2022, the CRTC approved the change of ownership from R.B. Communications Ltd. to My Broadcasting Corporation.[7]