CKRK-FM
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| City | Kahnawake, Quebec |
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| Branding | K103 Kahnawake |
| Slogan | Your Community Radio Station |
| Frequency | 103.7 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | March 30, 1981 |
| Format | Community Radio |
| ERP | 250 watts |
| HAAT | 50 meters (160 ft) |
| Class | A1 |
| Callsign meaning | Canada Kanien'kehaka Raotitiohkwa Kahnawake |
| Owner | Mohawk Radio Kahnawake Association |
| Website | www.k103radio.com |
CKRK-FM is an English-language Canadian radio station located in the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, a First Nations reserve near Montreal, Quebec.
It broadcasts on 103.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 250 watts (class A1) using an omnidirectional antenna. The transmitter is aging and based on recent measurements the transmitter is putting out approximately 220 watts. The station is heard fairly well in Kahnawake and surrounding towns in the southwest sector of the Montérégie. Reception is also possible on the island of Montreal, particularly in the south and southwest sectors of the island.
CKRK-FM was originally on 103.5 MHz with only 50 watts; it moved to its current frequency and raised its power in 1996, after another station, CJLM-FM, signed on the same channel in Joliette, causing interference.
The station went on the air on March 30, 1981, and identifies itself as "K103" (and also sometimes as "The Monster"). It originally had a country music format; starting in 1995, it moved to an adult contemporary format with significant time devoted to hip-hop programming during weeknights. K103 still aired country music on the weekend (until 2011, when CKKI-FM launched. The Kanien'kehaka Onkwawenna Raotitiohkwa Language and Cultural sponsors the station's 1-hour block of programming in Kanien'keha (i.e., "Mohawk language") on Wednesdays between noon and 1 pm hosted by Joe McGregor and Leo Diabo.
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