CKX is the callsign of two broadcast stations in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada: In broadcasting and radio communication, a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. ... Brandon, known as the Wheat City, is a city in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. ...

• CKX-FM
• CKX-TV

CKX is an entertainment company, headed by SFX founder Robert Sillerman, which owns the American Idol company 19 Entertainment and Elvis Presley Enterprises: CKX is the call sign of a radio station operating in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. ... CKX is a television station in Brandon, Manitoba affiliated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock n Roll, was an American singer, song producer and actor. ...

CKX, Inc., a company controlled by Robert F.X. Sillerman and affiliates, is engaged in the ownership, development and commercial utilization of entertainment content. To date, we have focused on acquiring globally recognized entertainment content and related assets, including the rights to the name, image and likeness of Elvis Presley, the operations of Graceland and proprietary rights to the IDOLS television brand, including the American Idol series in the United States, the Pop Idol series in the United Kingdom and local adaptations of the IDOLS television show format which, collectively, air in over 30 countries around the world. We plan to continue to make strategic acquisitions of, or partner or align with, companies or individuals that control various forms of established entertainment content, which may include intellectual property rights in music, film, television programming, written works and characters, rights to names, images and likenesses, video games, corporate brands and other related assets. Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock n Roll, was an American singer, song producer and actor. ... American Idol is the US version of British TV hit show Pop Idol. ... Pop Idol was a British television series shown on ITV1; the show was a talent contest to find the best new young singer or pop idol in the UK. The Idol series has spun off dozens of successes such as American Idol, Canadian Idol, and Australian Idol. ...

CKX was also the former callsign of an AM radio station in the city, which moved to FM in 1999 and adopted the new callsign CKXA. Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity broadcast radio sound. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... CKXA is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 101. ...