CJCB is a Canadian

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

broadcasting from Sydney, Nova Scotia at 1270 AM. The station is the third oldest radio station in Nova Scotia, hitting the airwaves on February 14, 1929. The station's current format is

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. CJCB is the only commercial radio station in Canada to broadcast on 1270 AM. The station is owned and operated by the

Maritime Broadcasting System Maritime Broadcasting System Limited, branded as MBS Radio, is a private Canadian broadcasting company owning 21 radio stations serving several communities in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. MBS Radio was established in 196 ...

, a company that owns several other radio stations in Nova Scotia,

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, and

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CKPE-FM CKPE-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting from Sydney, Nova Scotia at 94.9 FM. The station broadcasts a classic hits format branded as ''94.9 The Wave''. The station has been on the air since 1957 under the original call sign CJCB-FM. Th ...

and

CHER-FM CHER-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting from Sydney, Nova Scotia, at 98.3 FM broadcasting, FM. The station broadcasts a classic rock format branded as ''Max 98.3'', although some current rock music, rock songs can be played on this stat ...

are its sister stations. CJCB is the current broadcast partner of the

Cape Breton Screaming Eagles The Cape Breton Eagles are a major junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Their home rink is Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. History The franchise was originally granted to the Sorel Éperviers (B ...

hockey team of the

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History

CJCB became an affiliate of

CBC Radio CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below ...

when it launched in 1936. It was affiliated with the

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until 1948, when it transferred its affiliation to the CBC's second network, the Dominion Network. When the Dominion Network dissolved in 1962, the station became independent. CJCB played a wide variety of formats

Adult Contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

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etc., prior to switching formats with longtime country station

in June 1998 after MBS took over the stations. Over the years, CJCB used monikers such as "The Spirit of Cape Breton", "Cape Breton's Variety Station", "Cape Breton's Superstation", and "Cape Breton's Country Favorites".

Sister stations

CJCB-FM

CJCB added FM service with CJCB-FM/94.9 signing on in 1957. In 1981, CJCB-FM became CKPE-FM.

CJCB-TV

CJCB added TV service on October 9, 1954, with the debut of CJCB-TV. The station was sold in 1971.

CJCX

From 1938 to 1976, CJCB was broadcast on

shortwave radio Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave (SW) radio frequencies. There is no official definition of the band, but the range always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), which extends from 3 to 30 MHz (100 to 10 me ...

under the call sign CJCX at 6.01 MHz.Shortwave radio transmitters in Canada
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An earlier CJCB

CJCB was formerly the callsign of a radio station in

Nelson, British Columbia Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the British Columbia Interior, Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Known as "The Queen City", and acknowledged for its impressive collection of resto ...

that operated in 1923–24.

References

External links

CJCB AM 1270
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