CJCJ-FM is a Canadian

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broadcasting from

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at 104.1 FM. The station is currently owned and operated by

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. The station broadcasts a

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format branded as ''

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104''.

History

CJCJ originally began broadcasting on 920 kHz in July 1959, and moved to FM in the early 2000s. Originally owned by Carleton-Victoria Broadcasting Limited, it was acquired in 1991 by Radio One Ltd. In 1999, Radio One was acquired by

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, and in 2002, Telemedia was purchased by

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. CJCJ was one of the stations that Standard in turn sold to Astral Media. In 1989, Carleton-Victoria Broadcasting Co. Ltd. received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate two low-power AM transmitters at Plaster Rock on 990 kHz (40 watts), and

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on 1140 kHz with 40 watts. These transmitters would rebroadcast the programs of CJCJ 920 Woodstock. In 1998, Carleton-Victoria Broadcasting Co. Ltd. received approval from the CRTC to add an FM rebroadcaster at Grand Falls to operate on the frequency of 93.5 MHz. On June 7, 2000, Telemedia Radio Atlantic Ltd. received CRTC approval to add a transmitter for

CIKX-FM CIKX-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting in Grand Falls, New Brunswick at 93.5 MHz and 5,300 watts. CIKX was originally a repeater of CJCJ in Woodstock Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a ...

Grand Falls at Plaster Rock, using the facilities of the CJCJ Woodstock rebroadcasting transmitter, CJCJ-2 Plaster Rock. As a result of the change, the CJCJ rebroadcasters CJCJ-1 Perth/Andover and CJCJ-2 Plaster Rock were deleted.Decision CRTC 2000-186
/ref> In May 2009, CJCJ changed its format to

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as ''CJ104''. In November 2020, the station flipped to

as ''

104''.

Former logo

File:Logo-cj104.svg, Logo created in 2009 and used until November 19, 2020.

References

External links

Pure Country 104
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