CICS-FM

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CICS-FM
City of license	Sudbury, Ontario
Branding	KICX 91.7
Slogan	Sudbury's Hot New Country
Frequency	91.7 MHz (FM)
First air date	August 18, 2008
Format	country
ERP	50 kW
Class	B
Owner	Larche Communications
Website	KICX 91.7

CICS-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 91.7 FM in Sudbury, Ontario. The station airs a country music format, branded as KICX 91.7. The studio and offices are located at 60 Elm Street, and the station transmits a 50,000 watt signal from the CBC tower.

Contents 1 History 2 Airstaff 3 Technical issues 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Owned by Larche Communications, the station was licensed by the CRTC on July 12, 2007.^[1] The format and branding were patterned on Larche's existing CICZ-FM in Midland, although CICZ's format and brand were moved to sister station CICX-FM in Orillia before CICS was launched.

The station began on-air testing periods without audio in late spring 2008, and officially began testing with country music on the morning of July 28. On August 18 at 7 a.m. EDT, the station officially launched. The KICX-FM morning show hosts Luke and Shannon kicked it off that morning with the song "Play Something Country" by Brooks and Dunn.^[2]

[edit] Airstaff

The current air staff includes Luke Nugent, Shannon Dowling, Trinette Atkinson, Kyle Foley, Kayla Rienguette, Stephanie Belec, Amy Aust, Meredith Geddes and Steve Corbett. The station also carries the internationally syndicated The Foxworthy Countdown.

[edit] Technical issues

CICS-FM may receive some interference from a 100 kW FM signal, WCML-FM in Alpena, Michigan. Although Sudbury is well outside of WCML's normal broadcast range, due to tropospheric ducting over Lake Huron the signal has sometimes reached the Sudbury area strongly enough to be in almost crystal clear FM stereo.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• KICX 91.7
• CICS history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CICS-FM

v • d • e Radio stations in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury District and Manitoulin District, Ontario Greater Sudbury CIGM 7901 • CBBS 90.1 • CBBX 90.9 • CICS 91.7 • CJRQ 92.7 • NEW 93.51 • CJTK 95.5 • CKLU 96.7 • CBON 98.1 • CHYC 98.9 • CBCS 99.9 • CKJC 101.7 • CHNO 103.9 • CJMX 105.3 Defunct: CKBB 102.9 • CKSO 101.1 1 FM conversion of CIGM approved by the CRTC on November 24, 2008; launch date and call sign to be announced. Chapleau CBCU 89.9 • CBON-28 91.9 • CHIM-8 92.7 • CFJW 93.7 • CHAP 95.9 • CJWA-1 100.7 Espanola CBON-7 94.9 • CJJM 99.3 Defunct: CKNS 930 Little Current CBCE 97.5 • CFRM 100.7 • CJTK-2 102.1 South Baymouth CHEI 89.9 Ontario Radio Markets: Cornwall & Eastern Ontario • Hamilton-Niagara • Kenora District • First Nations Radio • Kingston • Kitchener-Waterloo • London • Midwestern Ontario • North Bay • Ottawa • Parry Sound-Muskoka-Haliburton • Pembroke/Ottawa Valley • Peterborough • Quinte/Belleville-Trenton • Rainy River • Simcoe County/Barrie/Orillia • Sault Ste. Marie • Sudbury • Thunder Bay • Timiskaming • Timmins • Toronto • Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia See also: List of radio stations in Ontario