1965
Metropolitan Broadcasting Ltd. was granted a licence to operate an FM station at Regina. William Stewart, head of Metropolitan and a former Winnipeg broadcaster, found there were high FM set sales in Regina but it was the largest city in Canada to not have an FM station. He felt it was time to change that.
1966
CFMQ-FM signed on the air on February 4. It broadcast on a frequency of 102.1 MHz with effective radiated power of 5,900 watts. Eight hours of each day were devoted to stereo broadcasting.
1969
On November 5, Metropolitan Broadcasters Ltd. was given approval to change the studio location for CFMQ-FM from the Northgate Shopping Mall to 19th Avenue and Robinson Street in Regina.
1971
On October 1, CFMQ-FM 92.1 was authorized to increase effective radiated power from 5,900 to 6,200 watts, increase antenna height from 123 to 152.5 feet, and move to a new transmitter site. CFMQ would continue to operate with a non-directional pattern.
1972
On March 14, Dolores A. Lockhart, Morley G. Lockhart and George G. Gallagher were authorized to acquire Metropolitan Broadcasting Ltd.
1974
On May 31, Buffalo Broadcasting Co. Ltd., owner of CKRM 980, was granted approval to purchase CFMQ-FM from Metropolitan Bcng Ltd.
1977
CFMQ received permission to increase effective radiated power from 6,200 watts to 100,000 watts and to change the transmitter site.
1978
CFMQ increased power to 100,000 watts using a new transmitter site.
1981
On March 1. Harvard Developments Ltd. (controlled by the Hill family of Regina), bought CFMQ-FM and CKRM-AM from Buffalo Broadcasting. Harvard owned CKCK-TV at this time. They had acquired the TV station in 1977 from Armadale Communications.
1984
CFMQ announcer Ernie Steeves was named music director.
1986
Frederick Wilson Hill died at age 58 on October 12. He established Hill's TV and Radio in 1948, and was credited in 1954, with the world's first order for an RCA component TV set. In 1973, Hill added a film and video production studio to his group of businesses. He later purchased CKCK-TV and then CKRM-AM and CFMQ-FM.
1993
CFMQ-FM / CKRM news director Manfred Joehnck moved over to CKCK-TV to become assignment editor.
1993-94
CFMQ-FM changed its call sign to CHMX-FM.
1994
CHMX-FM received approval to change its format to New Country. Co-Owned CKRM-AM had a Traditional Country format. It was felt the formats would compliment each other. A competing application by CKIT-FM for a country format was denied. CHMX put the new format in place on July 11.
1998
Craig Broadcasting Systems entered into an agreement with Harvard Communications (CFMQ and CKRM) to locate the studios of Craig’s CKCK-AM and CFWF-FM in the Harvard building at 2060 Halifax Street. At the same time Harvard agreed to take on the management of CKCK and CFWF.
2001
CHMX was authorized to change the location for its transmitter and to increase antenna height.
2002
The CRTC renewed CHMX-FM's licence on August 27 to August 31, 2008.
On December 12 the CRTC approved an application by Harvard Broadcasting Inc. to effect an intracorporate reorganization. Harvard was the licensee of the radio programming undertakings CKRM, CFWF-FM and CHMX-FM Regina, and the radio network Roughriders. The proposed transaction would be implemented through the insertion of a new holding company, The Gabriel Holding Corp., into the existing corporate structure, between Famhill Holdings Limited and Famhill Investments Limited. As a result of this transaction, Famhill Holdings would own 100% of the Class E voting shares and the Class D non-voting shares, and the Paul Hill Family Trust would own 100% of the Class B non-voting participating shares in Gabriel Holding. This transaction would not change the control of Harvard, which remained with Frederick W. Hill, through the holding companies Harvard Developments Inc., Famhill Holdings and Famhill Investments.
2010
Greg Morgan was named program director at Lite 92FM. He would also carry with his morning show duties.
On June 30, the CRTC renewed the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial radio station CHMX-FM Regina from 1 July 2010 to 31 August 2013. This short-term licence renewal will enable the Commission to review the licensee's compliance with the Radio Regulations, 1986 at an earlier date. In Broadcasting Notice of Consultation 2009-786, the Commission noted that the licensee may have failed to comply with section 9(2) of the Radio Regulations, 1986, which relates to the provision of annual returns, for the 2007 and 2008 broadcast years.
Written by Bill Dulmage - Updated July, 2010