The station received
CRTC approval on October 7, 2009 and officially launched on October 1, 2010, as
Live 105, under the ownership of
Evanov Radio Group. The station had been airing a
modern rock format since its inception. In 2016, the station shifted to
active rock and adopted a new slogan "Halifax's Best Rock" but kept the "Live" branding. On August 10, 2018, the station rebranded to
Rock 105.1 and began to include more
classic rock and
hard rock music to its playlist eventually moving towards a
mainstream rock format to more effectively compete with
Stingray's
heritage rock radio station
CFRQ-FM. On January 15, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., CKHY abruptly flipped to
soft adult contemporary and rebranded to
Jewel 105, launching with the
adult standards/
smooth jazz show
The Lounge (an evening program on all of Evanov's Jewel-branded stations), and adding the
John Tesh Radio Show at middays. The move pre-empted an announced switch to the same format by rival station
CKUL-FM, which launched two days later on January 17. In July 2020, Evanov announced the sale of its Halifax stations to
Acadia Broadcasting. The sale received CRTC approval on April 26, 2021. On July 19, 2021, Acadia dropped the
Jewel format and returned to active rock as
Surge 105. ==References==