CJYC-FM 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 Saint John,

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

at 98.9 FM with a

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...

format branded on-air as ''Kool 98''. The station is owned 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 ...

History

The station began broadcasting in 1965 as CFBC-FM, the first FM radio station in

. CFBC-FM was a companion to

CFBC CFBC (930 kHz) is a commercial Canadian radio station in Saint John, New Brunswick. The station plays a country format and is owned & operated by the Maritime Broadcasting System. CFBC broadcasts with a power output of 2,000 watts daytime an ...

AM. In the early 1980s, CFBC-FM adopted its current callsign. On April 10, 1992, the

CRTC The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...

denied an application by Fundy II Ltd. to change CJYC's frequency from 98.9 MHz to 94.1 MHz and to change the effective radiated power from 50,000 to 100,000 watts. MBS purchased CFBC and CJYC in 1997 from Fundy Communications. On February 7, 2000, CJYC received CRTC approval to decrease the effective radiated power from 50,000 to 12,000 watts.Decision CRTC 2000-38
/ref> For several years, CJYC and, sister station, CFBC's studios were on Carleton Street in Uptown Saint John. In the mid-1990s, CJYC and CFBC moved their studios and offices to 199 Chesley Drive. In 1997, CJYC and CFBC moved into MBS's studios and offices on Union Street, where they are as of August 2016. Unionized staff at CJYC and two other MBS stations in Saint John went on strike in June 2012, which lasted close to two years. In May 2014, a deal was signed seeing staff return to work. The station was originally known as ''C98'' with a

classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...

format. In August 2006, the station rebranded to ''98.9 Big John FM'' while maintaining the same format. The station's classic rock format eventually evolved into

mainstream rock Mainstream rock (also known as heritage rock) is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in the United States and Canada. Format background Mainstream rock stations represent the middle ground between classic rock and active rock ...

. In August 2013, the station changed its format to

and rebranded to ''Kool 98''. Every weekend, CJYC plays vintage '' American Top 40'' countdown shows hosted by

Casey Kasem Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio personality, who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably ''American Top 40''. He was the first actor to voice No ...

, one from the 1980s every Saturday morning, and one from the 1970s every Sunday morning. Sister stations

CFQM-FM CFQM-FM (103.9 MHz) is a Canadian FM radio station broadcasting from Moncton, New Brunswick, and owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System. The station currently airs a classic hits format and is branded on-air as ''103.9 Max FM''. Since 1977, t ...

Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. The ...

CHNS-FM CHNS-FM (89.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The station airs a classic hits radio format branded as ''89.9 The Wave''. CHNS is owned and operated by the Maritime Broadcasting System which also owns sist ...

in Halifax and

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 ...

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

also do this.

References

External links

Kool 98
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