CKUG-FM is a radio station that broadcasts at 88.7 FM radio in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada.[ "Western Nunavut community embraces radio operator training course". Nunatsiaq News, September 23, 2013.] The station has aired a community radio format branded as Buzz FM.[ "Recognize the value of community radio stations" . Nunavut News/North, June 1, 2015.]
The station was launched in 1999 by the Kugluktuk Radio Society,[ "Kugluktuk Radio Society leaves Horseshoe building" . Northern News Services, August 4, 2010.] following the demise of an earlier community radio organization in 1995. The station's programming was produced entirely by community volunteers, including music and talk programming in both English and Inuinnaqtun;[ in 2014, the station created a 45-hour training course in community radio operation, in conjunction with Nunavut Arctic College.][
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The Kugluktuk Radio Society owned and operated the station until it was acquired by the municipal government in 2018.
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