{{short description|Radio station in Wingham, Ontario, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox radio station | logo = Fm102logo.jpg | name = CKNX-FM | airdate = {{Start date|1977|4|17}} | frequency = 101.7 MHz | city = Wingham, Ontario | country = CA | area = Mid-Western Ontario | format = Hot adult contemporary | owner = Blackburn Radio | erp = 100,000 watts | haat = {{convert|215|m}} | branding = 101.7 The One | affiliations = Premiere Networks | class = C1 | website = [http://www.1017theone.ca/ 1017theone.ca] | callsign_meaning = }} thumb|left|Broadcast area map for the station. '''CKNX-FM''' is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 101.7 FM in Wingham, Ontario. The station broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format as ''101.7 The One''. The station was formerly known as ''FM102'' before summer 2006.
Because the station transmits at 100 kW from a tall tower in a flat region, its coverage area is exceptionally wide. Its fringe signal reaches as far north as Tobermory, as far south as St. Thomas, and as far east as Barrie.
==History== The station was launched on April 17, 1977 by Blackburn Radio, the owner of the city's existing CKNX 920 AM and former owner of CKNX-TV, which is now owned by Bell Media. Blackburn subsequently launched another FM station in Wingham, CIBU-FM, in 2005.
In 1987, CKNX Broadcasting Limited (CKNX Broadcasting) was denied a license to establish rebroadcasters of CKNX-FM Wingham at Owen Sound (50 watts on 103.7 MHz) and Meaford (80 watts on 105.5 MHz).<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1987/DB87-859.HTM Decision CRTC 87-859]</ref>
On August 29, 1989, the CRTC approved CKNX Broadcasting Limited application to establish a low-power rebroadcast FM transmitter in Centreville, on 104.9 MHz to serve Centreville and Meaford with 5 watts.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1989/DB89-611.HTM Decision CRTC 89-611 CRTC Decision 89-611]</ref> The callsign for the FM repeater would become '''CKNX-FM-2'''. On August 28, 2008, Blackburn Radio applied to the CRTC to change the Centreville/Meaford frequency from 104.9 to 102.7 MHz and to increase power from 5 to 250 watts which was denied on December 2 later that same year.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/db2008-338.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-338]</ref>
In 2016, Blackburn submitted an application to the CRTC to delete CKNX-FM's repeater CKNX-FM-2.<ref>[https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=2016-1195-5 2016-1195-5], Deletion of CKNX-FM-2 Centreville, DM#2749040 - APP - Application - administrative proceedings - PDF.pdf, ''CRTC'', November 18, 2016</ref><ref>https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1305882406117772&substory_index=0&id=191081700931187 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.1017theone.ca/ 101.7 The One] * [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-western/CKNX-FM CKNX-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation * {{RecnetCanada|CKNX-FM}}
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