CKTY-FM
Radio station in Truro, Nova Scotia
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CKTY-FM (99.5 MHz) is a radio station in Truro, Nova Scotia. Owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System, it broadcasts a country format branded as Cat Country 99.5.
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| Frequency | 99.5 MHz |
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| Branding | Cat Country 99.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Maritime Broadcasting System |
| CKTO-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | September 10, 1947 |
Former call signs | CKCL (1956–2001) |
Former frequencies | |
Call sign meaning | "Cat Country" |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 16,750 watts |
| HAAT | 226 metres (741 ft) |
| Links | |
| Website | catcountry995.com |
History
The station has been on the air since September 10, 1947. It originally broadcast at 1400 AM as CKCL then to 600 in 1956, and received CRTC approval to move to 99.5 FM in 2001 after shutting down the AM 600 frequency.[1]
CKTY was formerly the callsign of a now-defunct AM radio station in Sarnia, Ontario, which moved to the FM dial and is now CHKS-FM. CKCL was also a former callsign of a radio station in Toronto, Ontario in the 1920s.[2]
On July 5, 2013, CKTY and sister station CKTO-FM were acquired by Bell Media as part of their acquisition of Astral Media. On May 28, 2019, the station was renamed Pure Country 99.5 as part of a nationwide rebranding of all Bell Media country stations.[3]
On February 8, 2024, Bell announced that it would sell five of its stations in Atlantic Canada to Maritime Broadcasting System, as part of a corporate restructuring.[4] The CRTC approved the sale on December 20, 2024,[5] and the station relaunched its heritage Cat Country branding on April 8, 2025.[6]