CKKN-FM, branded as ''101.3 The River'', is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format at 101.3 FM in Prince George, British Columbia. The station is owned by the

Jim Pattison Group The Jim Pattison Group is a Canadian conglomerate based in Vancouver. In a recent survey by the Financial Post, the firm was ranked as Canada's 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur, is the chairman, CEO, and sole ...

, which also owns sister stations

CKDV-FM CKDV-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 99.3 FM in Prince George, British Columbia. The station plays a classic hits format branded as ''99.3 Rewind Radio''. The station is owned by Jim Pattison Group. History The station was origi ...

and CKPG-TV.

History

The station was launched in 1981 by Q Broadcasting, as a country station with the call sign CIOI and the brand name ''Country 101''. Q Broadcasting sold its holdings to

Monarch Broadcasting Monarch Cablesystems, LTD. is a now-defunct cable television and internet service provider in British Columbia and portions of Alberta in Western Canada, and also operates Monarch TV-10, a community channel on Cable 10. Monarch was founded in the ...

in 1990. Monarch converted the station to the CKKN call sign in 1995, and to its current format in 1999. The stations were in turn sold to Pattison in

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, and became hot adult contemporary ''Hits FM'' at that time. By

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, the station shifted to adult contemporary; ratings remained dismal from its adult top 40 format after the switch. It returned to hot adult contemporary as ''The River'' by

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Transmitters

Former logo

References

External links

101.3 The River
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