CJQQ-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 92.1 FM in

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. The station broadcasts a

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format as ''92.1 Rock''.

History

The station was originally launched in 1948 by Roy Thomson as CKGB-FM, a simulcast of AM sister station CKGB's CBC Trans-Canada Network programming. Thomson sold the stations in 1972, and the FM station adopted the callsign CFTI-FM in 1976. The stations were subsequently acquired by

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in 1980. In 1984, CFTI was authorized to drop its

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affiliation as network service was now available in the area from CBC-owned

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.Decision CRTC 84-406
/ref> In 1992, Telemedia adopted the station's branding (as ''Q92''), callsign CJQQ and format, which had been successful on Telemedia's

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. In 2002,

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purchased Telemedia, and sold all of Telemedia's

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stations to

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. On June 7, 2016, CJQQ-FM rebranded the station as ''92.1 Rock''. The station uses the same general format as, and shares some programming with, CJRQ-FM in Sudbury and

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in North Bay. In March of 2018, morning show host Ryan Daly and cohost Vanessa Smith hosted a gathering of Timmins residents to say the word "wow" like actor

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References

External links

92.1 Rock
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