Pure Country is a Canadian

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, which airs on stations owned by

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.Connie Thiessen
"Bell Media rolls out national Pure Country rebrand"
''Broadcast Dialogue'', May 28, 2019. Launched in 2019 as a unifying branding for all of the company's

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-formatted stations across Canada, the network airs on 16 stations nationwide, as well as on selected

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s of radio stations in markets where the company offers

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service but does not have a country-formatted primary station.

Programming

Weekday programming on the network consists of local hosts at each station in morning and afternoon drive, a national midday program hosted by Roo Phelps, and the syndicated ''

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'' in the evening (with an exception being

CIMX-FM CIMX-FM (88.7 MHz, '' Pure Country 89'') is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It primarily serves Essex County, but has a signal that reaches the entire Detroit-Windsor metropolitan area. It is owned by Bell Media and air ...

in Windsor, which clears the program in its standard morning timeslot). Sophie Moroz and Jeff Hopper, the morning hosts on the network's

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, also host a national country music chart show on weekends. In January 2020, the network's station in Kingston committed to playing a 50/50 balance of male and female country artists for one week, to draw attention to continued gender inequity in the music business.

Stations

British Columbia

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* Vernon -

CICF-FM CICF-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 105.7 FM in Vernon, British Columbia with a country format branded on-air as ''Pure Country 105.7''. The station is owned by Bell Media. The station began broadcasting on October 23, 1978 at ...

Manitoba

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CKXA-FM CKXA-FM (101.1 MHz) is a radio station in Brandon, Manitoba. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a country format. History The station went into operation on December 5, 1928 as CKX, and was owned and operated by the Manitoba Telephone System. ...

New Brunswick

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CKHJ CKHJ is a radio station in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, broadcasting at 1260 AM. The station broadcasts a country format under the '' Pure Country'' branding. The station is owned by Bell Media which also owns sister stations CFXY-FM an ...

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CJCJ-FM CJCJ-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting from Woodstock, New Brunswick at 104.1 FM. The station is currently owned and operated by Bell Media. The station broadcasts a country format branded as ''Pure Country 104''. History CJCJ origin ...

Nova Scotia

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CKTY-FM CKTY-FM (99.5 MHz) is a radio station in Truro, Nova Scotia. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a country format branded as ''Pure Country 99.5''. History The station has been on the air since September 10, 1947. It originally broadcast at 14 ...

Ontario

* Kingston -

CKLC-FM CKLC-FM (98.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It broadcasts a country format and is branded on-air as ''Pure Country 99''. It is owned and operated by Bell Media which also owns sister station CFLY-FM. The r ...

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- CJBX-FM *

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CICX-FM CICX-FM (105.9 MHz) is a radio station in Orillia, Ontario. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a country format branded as '' Pure Country 106''. The studio and office is located in Orillia while its transmitter is located near The Horseshoe Va ...

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CKKL-FM CKKL-FM (93.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Ottawa, Ontario. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a country format branded as ''Pure Country 94''. CKKL's radio studios and offices are located in the Bell Media Building on George Street i ...

* Pembroke -

CHVR-FM CHVR-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 96.7 FM in Pembroke, Ontario. The station airs a country format branded as '' Pure Country 96.7''. Prior to May 28, 2019, it was branded ''Star 96.7''. History The station was originally lau ...

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CKQM-FM CKQM-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 105.1 FM in Peterborough, Ontario. Owned by Bell Media, the station airs a country format branded as ''Pure Country 105''. It is a sister station of CKPT-FM. History In 1976, Radio CKPT 1420 ...

* Sudbury -

CICS-FM CICS-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 91.7 FM in Sudbury, Ontario. The station airs a country format, branded as ''Pure Country 91.7''. The studio and offices are located at 699 Frood Road in Sudbury, and the station transmi ...

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- CKFM-FM HD4 *

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Saskatchewan

* Regina -

CHBD-FM CHBD-FM (92.7 Hertz, MHz) is a radio station in Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a country music, country radio format, format branded as ''Pure Country (radio network), Pure Country 92.7''. Its studi ...

References

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