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| Broadcast area | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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| Branding | 101. Metropolitan Halifax (2006 pop 282924) often referred to as Metro Halifax, or inaccurately Halifax, is the urban part of the Halifax Regional Municipality 3 The Bounce |
| Slogan | Halifax's New #1 Choice for Hit Music |
| Frequency | 101. A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 3 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | November 14, 1944 (AM) May 30, 2008 (FM) |
| Format | CHR/Rhythmic |
| Callsign meaning | CJ Chronicle Halifax |
| Owner | CTVglobemedia |
| Website | The Bounce |
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Prior to May 30, it operated at 920 kHz (AM) as "AM 92/CJCH All Oldies - All The Time", with an oldies music format, with the exceptions of a daily phone-in show, The Hotline with Rick Howe and Halifax Mooseheads hockey. Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a Radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the 1950s 1960s and 1970s (about 1955-1977 The Halifax Mooseheads are a Junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Division of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Station history
The station was established in 1944 by the Halifax Chronicle, and acquired in 1970 by CHUM Limited. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945-2007 It was co-owned with the city's CJCH-TV until 1997, when CHUM sold the television station to CTV. CJCH-TV is a Canadian television station broadcasting in the mainland Nova Scotia area Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar CTV is a Canadian English language Television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network the main television asset of CTVglobemedia The approval by the CRTC of the acquisition of CHUM by CTVglobemedia has again brought the stations under common ownership as of June 22, 2007. CTVglobemedia (often abbreviated "CTVgm" or CGM is one of Canada 's largest private media companies. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
In 1995, CJCH, known as a music station and once a popular Top 40 station, switched to a news/talk format and became known as "News/Talk Radio 920/CJCH". Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. In 2001, CHUM started a sports radio network known as "The Team". Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. CJCH joined this network and became "The Team 920". In August 2002, The Team network was shut down and CJCH flipped to an oldies format, becoming "AM 920/CJCH - Yesterday's Favorites". Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a Radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the 1950s 1960s and 1970s (about 1955-1977
In July 2006, rival station 960 CHNS, an oldies station, switched from AM to FM and adopted a classic rock format. Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. CHNS is a Canadian Radio station, broadcasting from Halifax Nova Scotia on 89 Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s CJCH became the sole oldies station in Halifax.
On August 31, 2007, CTVglobemedia applied to the CRTC to move CJCH from AM 920 to FM 101. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that 3, with approval given on November 30, 2007. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats [1] The application originally indicated that CJCH would retain its oldies format. Industry Canada required a three week test on 101. 3 FM, which began on May 8, 2008. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
On May 30, 2008 at 10:00am AST the last oldies song finished playing on 920 CJCH as the station went silent on AM and the new station launched on 101. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 3 FM with a new all-hit music format. (The station will apparently not take advantage of its right to simulcast on both frequencies for three months as is customary in such cases. ) This puts the station in direct competition with CKHZ-FM, whose musical direction favors Rhythmic and Dance product, targeted towards young adults. CKHZ-FM ( Z1035) is a Rhythmic / Dance Top 40 Radio station serving The Halifax Metropolitan area. Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music Radio format that Dance radio are Radio stations that include dance / electronica music as a large part of their programming The decision to adopt the top-40/CHR format might be to protect sister station C100 FM, which has an Adult Top 40 format and whose ratings and audience has seen a decline since CKHZ's sign-on in 2006. CIOO-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 1001 FM in Halifax Nova Scotia.
The station's long-running talk show, The Hotline, was cancelled as part of the format / frequency change. [1] The Hotline had previously (temporarily) moved to CFDR during CJCH's brief participation in The Team all-sports network, but there is no indication that this move will be repeated. The Team was a Canadian Sports radio network which broadcast from 2001 to 2002 The status of CJCH's Mooseheads broadcasts is presently unknown. [2] [3]
References
- ^ For Howe the bell tolls, Chris Lambie, The Chronicle-Herald, May 30, 2008
- ^ CJCH pulls plug on Hotline The Chronicle-Herald, May 29, 2008
- ^ ‘His show meant so much, so much to so many people’ The Chronicle-Herald, May 31, 2008
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