CJOK-FM is a Canadian
radio station
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serving the
Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray ( ) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest. It has played a significan ...
,
Alberta
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area broadcasting at 93.3
FM with a
country
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format branded on-air as ''Country 93.3''. The station is owned by
Rogers Sports & Media
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.
CJOK originally began broadcasting in 1973 at 1230
kHz. In the 1980s, the station received approval by the
CRTC
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to move to 550 kHz, however, the move was never implemented. In 1994, CJOK added an FM rebroadcaster at 95.7 MHz on
Tar Island. The repeater was changed to sister station CKYX FM from a request from staff at Suncor. CJOK moved to the FM dial in 1997.
Decision CRTC 97-672
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Radio stations established in 1973
1973 establishments in Alberta
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