# CKTS
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{{short description|Former radio station in Sherbrooke, Quebec}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = CKTS
| city = [Sherbrooke](/source/Sherbrooke), Quebec
| country = CA
| logo =
| branding = CKTS 900
| airdate = {{Start date|1946|7|1}}
| last_airdate = {{End date|2006|11|19}}
| frequency = 900 [kHz](/source/kHz)
| format = [Contemporary hit radio](/source/Contemporary_hit_radio); later [News/talk](/source/Talk_radio)
| owner = [Corus Entertainment](/source/Corus_Entertainment)
| power = 10,000 [watt](/source/watt)s
| class = B
| sister_stations =
| website = [http://www.ckts.ca]
}}
'''CKTS''' was an [English language](/source/English_language) [Canadian](/source/Canada) [radio station](/source/radio_station) located in [Sherbrooke](/source/Sherbrooke), [Quebec](/source/Quebec). It broadcast on 900 [kHz](/source/kHz) with a power of 10,000 [watt](/source/watt)s as a [class B](/source/List_of_broadcast_station_classes) station, using a [directional antenna](/source/directional_antenna) which had a slightly directional pattern during the day and a much tighter pattern at night, to protect [Class-A clear-channel](/source/Clear-channel_station) station [XEW-AM](/source/XEW-AM) in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City) at night.
The station was shut down in 2006 by its owner, [Corus Entertainment](/source/Corus_Entertainment).
==History==
CKTS went on the air on July 1, 1946. The station originally broadcast on 1240 kHz, and was operated by Telegram Printing & Publishing, the owner of the local weekly ''Sherbrooke Telegram-Observer''. It was an affiliate of the [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation)'s [Trans-Canada Network](/source/Trans-Canada_Network) by 1957. The station moved to 900 AM in 1959, and was sold to [Telemedia](/source/Telemedia) in the late 1960s.
During the 1970s, it also aired programming produced by Radio Bishop's, the campus radio club of [Bishop's University](/source/Bishop's_University), which would later become [CJMQ-FM](/source/CJMQ-FM).
CKTS-AM 900 had its antenna farm located close to 1643 Dion Road in St-Elie d'Orford (which has since become part of Sherbrooke). The four radio towers has since been taken down and dismantled.
As the English-speaking population declined in the [Eastern Townships](/source/Eastern_Townships), the station tried to appeal to [francophones](/source/francophones), and by the mid-1970s the station had a [Top 40](/source/Top_40_(radio_format)) [format](/source/radio_format) with minimal spoken word content. Most of the advertising on the station was in French and most listeners were francophones, much to the displeasure of the [Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission](/source/Canadian_Radio-television_and_Telecommunications_Commission). The station changed its slogan to "Super Hits Sherbrooke K-900". Its short slogan was "K-K-K-900". The K-900 logo was written in red lettering on a white background. On air talent included Ted Silver, Daniel Coulombe and Frank Cavallaro.
The radio station moved its studios to a new location at 901 Galt Street West in Sherbrooke.{{when|date=October 2014}}
In 1989, the CRTC forced CKTS to use only English.[[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1989/DB89-496.HTM CRTC Decision 89-496]] As a result, by 1992 the station was acting as a ''de facto'' [rebroadcaster](/source/rebroadcaster) of [Standard Broadcasting](/source/Standard_Broadcasting)'s [news/talk](/source/talk_radio) station [CJAD](/source/CJAD) in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), with its only local programming consisting of a [church service](/source/church_service) that aired every Sunday morning for half an hour.
Standard Broadcasting acquired Telemedia in 2002, bringing CJAD and CKTS under common ownership. However, Standard soon sold CKTS to [Corus Entertainment](/source/Corus_Entertainment) in January 2005. Despite the fact that Corus had its own English news/talk radio station in Montreal, [CINW](/source/CINW), CKTS continued to air programming from CJAD.
==Shutdown==
Due to high ongoing maintenance costs, the station was shut down on November 19, 2006,[[http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/November2006/17/c5853.html CKTS to stop rebroadcasting CJAD], Corus press release, November 17, 2006] and its licence was voluntarily revoked as of December 13.[[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2006/db2006-674.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-674], Revocation of licence, ''CRTC'', December 13, 2006]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cjad.com/ CJAD 800]
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/quebec/quebec-estrie-centre-du-quebec-mauricie/ckts-am/ CKTS] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [Canadian Communications Foundation](/source/Canadian_Communications_Foundation)
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{{Sherbrooke Radio}}
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