CJMX-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an

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format at 105.3 FM in

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. The station uses the on-air brand ''KiSS 105.3''. The station is owned by

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History

CJMX was established in 1980 by F. Baxter Ricard and

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, the owners of Sudbury's CHNO and CFBR. CJMX's studios were located in the old King George School building at 295 Victoria Street until 1997. Its transmitter site was shared with

CICI-TV CICI-TV ( analogue channel 5) is a television station in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. The station is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media, and has studios on Frood Road (near Lasalle Boulevard) in Sudbu ...

and

CIGM-FM CIGM-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts in Sudbury, Ontario. The station airs a CHR/Top 40 format at 93.5 MHz on the FM dial with the branding ''Hot 93.5''. The station is owned and operated by Stingray Group. History The s ...

near Huron Street in Sudbury. In the 1980s the station was branded as ''CJMX Stereo 105'' and ''FM 105 CJMX''. The stations became part of

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in 1985, and were then sold to the

Pelmorex Radio Network The Pelmorex Radio Network was a system of Canadian radio stations in Northern Ontario, owned and operated by Pelmorex. History In 1989, Pierre Morrissette founded his own communications company, Pelmorex Media Inc., and acquired several French ...

in 1990. Pelmorex's ownership of the stations was controversial, as most of their programming was delivered by

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from a facility in

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. Under Pelmorex's ownership, the station was branded as ''Mix 105'', and aired a more

hot 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, quiet ...

format. After a change in

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media ownership rules, Pelmorex sold CJMX to

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, the owner of

CJRQ CJRQ-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts in Sudbury, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand ''92.7 Rock'', and airs at 92.7 MHz on the FM band. The station airs a mainstream rock format and is owned by Rogers Sports & Medi ...

and

CIGM CIGM-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts in Sudbury, Ontario. The station airs a CHR/Top 40 format at 93.5 MHz on the FM dial with the branding ''Hot 93.5''. The station is owned and operated by Stingray Group. History The sta ...

, in 1998. In late April 1999, shortly after the Telemedia purchase was finalized, CJMX dropped its

hot AC 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, quiet s ...

format in favour of a

soft AC 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, quiet sto ...

format with the "

EZ Rock EZ Rock was a brand of adult contemporary radio stations heard primarily in Canada. The branding was originally created by Telemedia in the mid-1990s for its AC stations, and based on the call sign of its former Toronto flagship CJEZ-FM (now ...

" branding and moved from the 493B Barrydowne studios to 880 LaSalle Boulevard Telemedia studios to join with sister stations CIGM and CJRQ-FM. Prior to the change to "EZ Rock", CJMX aired the syndicated countdown show ''

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'' on Saturday afternoons from June 1998, until its last airing on February 13, 1999. The station had also aired satellite programming by Pelmorex radio. Pelmorex subsequently sold its other stations (CHNO and CHYC) in Sudbury to

Haliburton Broadcasting Group The Haliburton Broadcasting Group was a Canadian group of FM radio stations, located primarily in smaller markets in Ontario. The company was purchased by Vista Broadcast Group in 2012.adult hits format. Telemedia was acquired by

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in 2002, but Standard sold the "EZ Rock" stations in Northern Ontario to Rogers before the main acquisition had closed and received regulatory approval. Under Rogers ownership in 2002, the station

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several employees, including Dave Lindsay, afternoon

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and president of Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union

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725-M, which represented staff at CJMX and CHNO. Lindsay was replaced in the shift by program director Mike Allard. It was alleged in the press that Lindsay may have been targeted as a union leader, and the layoff was contested; eventually, Lindsay returned to the afternoon shift. In late October 2004, a fire damaged a transmission line at the transmitter that knocked CJMX off the air for 25 hours. A replacement antenna was brought in from

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to get the station back on the air. The station went back to its regular 100 kW power months after the fire. In 2009, CJMX's sister station CIGM was sold to

Newcap Broadcasting Stingray Radio (formerly Newcap Radio) is a Canadian radio broadcasting conglomerate owned by Stingray Group. It owns and operates 101 radio stations in Canada—making it the second-largest radio conglomerate in Canada behind Bell Media. It also ...

, then moved to the FM dial in August that same year. In July

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, the station altered its musical format to present a more contemporary version of its AC Mainstream Plus blend. With this shift, the station cancelled ''The 80's Lunch'' program and ''Sunday at the 70's''. ''Solid Gold Saturday Night'' was replaced by ''The Saturday Night Show'', a program featuring music from the 70s to present. Scott Turnbull remains as host. The station also adopted a new logo as well as the positioning statement "Today's Best Music". By January

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, more

and

rhythmic contemporary Rhythmic contemporary, also known as Rhythmic Top 40, Rhythmic CHR or rhythmic crossover, is a primarily American music-radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip hop and upbeat R&B hits. Rhythmic contemporary never uses ...

hits were added to the playlist; however, the station is still a Canadian adult contemporary reporter per

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. This was in order to compete up against

CHR/Top 40 Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...

station

and lessen the competition with

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 ...

station

CHNO-FM CHNO-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 103.9 FM in Sudbury, Ontario. The station is branded on-air as ''Rewind 103.9'' with a classic hits format. History The station began broadcasting on June 24, 1947 on AM 1440. It was a biling ...

. The station also unveiled the ''HitStorm'' countdown, based out of

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CKIS-FM CKIS-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 92.5 MHz in Toronto, Ontario. Owned by Rogers Sports & Media, the station broadcasts a Top 40/CHR format branded as ''KiSS 92.5''. The station was founded on January 26, 1993 as CISS-FM und ...

. In addition, most of the

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hits were reduced, all pre-

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hits faded and has also retained the "EZ Rock" branding. By June

, the station dropped the entire 80s library and most of pre-

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music from its playlist, making it one of the few AC stations to not follow the

pattern. On June 27, 2012, the station was moved to the

Canadian hot AC panel, but

still reported the station on the Canadian AC panel (until July 20, 2012) and per parent Rogers Radio & RadioStationWorld.com, still describes the station as an AC. Rival

CHYC-FM CHYC-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 98.9 FM in Sudbury, Ontario. It broadcasts a francophone hot adult contemporary format for the city's Franco-Ontarian community. It is owned by Le5 Communications, and branded as ''Le Lou ...

airs a

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format with some

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hits mixed in. On August 7, 2012, Rogers received approval to change the authorized contours of the radio programming undertakings

CJRQ-FM CJRQ-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts in Sudbury, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand ''92.7 Rock'', and airs at 92.7 MHz on the FM band. The station airs a mainstream rock format and is owned by Rogers Sports & Medi ...

and CJMX Sudbury, in order to change the polarization of CJRQ's antenna, and to increase CJMX's effective height of antenna above average terrain from 227.5 to 285 metres. CJMX was one of four "EZ Rock" stations owned and operated by Rogers Media, all of which are located in Northern Ontario (the others being

CKGB-FM CKGB-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format at 99.3 FM in Timmins, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand ''KiSS 99.3'' and is owned by Rogers Sports & Media. History The station was launched in late ...

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CHUR-FM CHUR-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format at 100.5 FM in North Bay, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand ''KiSS 100.5''. History The station was launched in 1984 by Gateway City Broadcasting, a ...

North Bay, and

CHAS-FM CHAS-FM (100.5 MHz) is a radio station licensed to and serving Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media, the station broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format branded as ''Kiss 100.5''. History The stati ...

Sault Ste. Marie). On August 29, 2013, all of the "EZ Rock" stations were rebranded to "

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", discarding the "EZ Rock" branding now owned by

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. On May 24, 2015, Rich Griffin, the morning host on CJMX died of a brain aneurysm at the age of 52. Griffin recently celebrated 14 years as a morning show host for CJMX in April. A moment of silence was held on all Sudbury radio stations at 9:00am EDT, May 25, 2015.Remembering Rich Griffin
''kisssudbury.com'', May 25, 2015

Former logos

Image:Cjmxmix105sudbury.jpg, MIX 105 logo used for CJMX in the 1990s Image:Ez rock sudbury.svg, EZ Rock logo used from 1999 to 2011

References

External links

KiSS 105.3
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jmx Rogers Communications radio stations Radio stations in Greater Sudbury Hot adult contemporary radio stations in Canada CJMX 1980 establishments in Ontario