CFQX-FM

CFQX-FM
Selkirk, Manitoba;
Broadcast area	Winnipeg Metropolitan Region
Frequency	104.1 MHz (FM)
Branding	QX104
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Jim Pattison Group; (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group LP);
Sister stations	CHNW-FM
History
First air date	November 9, 1981; 42 years ago
Former frequencies	92.9 MHz (1981-1987)
Technical information
Class	C
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	143 meters (469 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	qx104country.ca

CFQX-FM (104.1 MHz, QX104) is a commercial radio station in Manitoba. It is licensed to Selkirk and serves the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region. CFQX broadcasts a country radio format and is owned by the Jim Pattison Group. The studios are at 177 Lombard Avenue in downtown Winnipeg.

CFQX has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most Canadian stations. The transmitter is off Pineridge Road near Garven Road in the Rural Municipality of Springfield.^[1]

History[edit]

The station signed on the air on November 9, 1981; 42 years ago (1981-11-09). CFQX was an easy listening station, originally broadcasting on 92.9 FM. It played quarter-hour sweeps of instrumental music with some soft vocals. The station was mostly automated. It changed to country music in 1986.

In 1987, the station received approval to move from 92.9 FM to 104.1 FM.^[2] In 1997, CFQX was granted a license amendment to move from 104.1 FM to 95.3 FM.^[3] However, that frequency change was never implemented.

On September 2, 2011, Astral Media applied to increase CFQX-FM's antenna height from 138.4 to 147.5 metres to give it better coverage. It also sought to relocate its transmitter site. All other technical parameters remained unchanged. This application was approved on November 15, 2011.^[4]^[5]

As a part of Astral Media's sale to Bell Media, the Jim Pattison Group announced a deal on May 16, 2013. It would acquire CFQX-FM and CHIQ-FM from Astral and Bell respectively for an undisclosed amount. The sale gave the Jim Pattison Group its first stations in Manitoba, and made CFQX a sister station to CHIQ.^[6] On December 20, 2013, the CRTC approved Jim Pattison's acquisition of CFQX-FM and CHIQ-FM, the acquisition was closed in early 2014.^[7] (CHIQ is now CHNW-FM.)

On May 1, 2021, the Jim Pattison Media Group rebranded and became Pattison Media.