CHFX-FM

{{short description|Radio station in Halifax, Nova Scotia}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox radio station | name = CHFX-FM | logo = CHFX Halifax 1019.svg | city = Halifax, Nova Scotia | country = CA | area = Halifax Regional Municipality | branding = FX101.9 | airdate = {{Start date|1947|11}} | frequency = 101.9 MHz | format = Country | erp = 91,000 watts<br>horizontal polarization only | haat = {{convert|230.5|m}} | class = C | owner = Maritime Broadcasting System | sister_stations = CHNS-FM | website = [https://www.fx1019.ca/ fx1019.ca] | callsign_meaning = "Halifax" }} '''CHFX-FM''' is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 101.9 FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The station currently plays a country format branded on-air as ''FX101.9''. CHFX's studios are located at 90 Lovett Lake Court, while its transmitter is located on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park. The station is owned and operated by the Maritime Broadcasting System, which also owns sister station CHNS-FM.

The station has been on the air since November 1947, beginning as a simulcast of its sister station CHNS when it was an AM station. It gained its current callsign CHFX and switched to country music at the beginning of the 1970s. It was originally known as ''Country 101 CHFX'' until the 90s when it became ''Hot Country 101.9 CHFX''. In the early 2000s, It became simply ''Country 101'' before adopting its current branding around late 2005. <ref>https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/nova-scotia/chfx-fm/</ref> {{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

==Current hosts== * Frankie Hollywood & MJ (FX Mornings) <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fx1019.ca/on-air/|title=On-Air|work=FX101.9|access-date=2019-10-31|language=en}}</ref> * Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fx1019.ca/on-air/|title=On-Air|work=FX101.9|access-date=2017-12-10|language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.fx1019.ca/|FX101.9}} * [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/nova-scotia/CHFX-FM CHFX-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation * {{RecnetCanada|CHFX-FM}}

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