CIBX-FM (106.9

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, owned by

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and known as ''

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106.9''. It broadcasts an

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format. The studios and offices are on Rookwood Avenue in Fredericton, shared with

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and

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. CIBX-FM has an

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(ERP) of 78,000

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only. The

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is on Provincial Route 620 at Route 617, at Hamtown Corner in Douglas, northwest of Fredericton.

History

CIBX traces its history to the first radio station in New Brunswick, CFNB. The call letters stood for Fredericton, New Brunswick. The station went on the air under the experimental

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of 10AD, broadcasting at 1210 kilocycles in 1923. It was granted a full license as CFNB in 1926. CFNB then moved to 1030 in 1933, and to 550 in 1934. The station was affiliated with the

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's Trans-Canada Network. In 1959 the station increased its power to 50,000 watts, giving it full-time coverage over most of the

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. The CBC affiliation was dropped in 1964 when the network started its own station in Fredericton, CBZ. CFNB played a full service,

format before switching to

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in the early 1990s. In 1996, CFNB's parent company, Radio Atlantic, was granted permission to move its signal to 106.9 FM and to shut down the AM transmitter. The call sign changed in the process, and after a brief

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period, CFNB 550 signed off the air on June 11 of that year. The new station, CIBX, played

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music. The former CFNB call sign now belongs to a radio station in D'Arcy, British Columbia, known as

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. Over time, CIBX evolved towards

. Between 2000 and 2005, CIBX used the on-air " EZ Rock" branding along with other stations in Canada, while using ''Capital FM'' as a secondary name. Eventually, "EZ Rock" was phased out as a moniker. As of July 18, 2012, CIBX officially flipped to Top 40/CHR. It was one of two

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outlets in the Fredericton radio market as it took on rival station CFRK-FM. The competition lasted nearly three years. On May 31, 2015, CFRK flipped to

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, which left CIBX as the only Top 40 station in the market. CIBX and seven other radio stations in the Atlantic Provinces are currently owned by

. On December 27, 2020, as part of a mass format reorganization by Bell Media, CIBX shifted to

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and rebranded as ''

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Former logos

File:Capital ezrock cibx.svg, 2002-2004 File:CapitalFM 2005.svg, 2005-2012 File:Capitalfm 2012.svg, 2012-2020

References

External links

Move 106.9CFNB/CIBX-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
CFNB Radio Atlantic
- Timeline with photos from mynewbrunswick.ca

- fybush.com * *-''(Old AM frequency)'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Cibx-Fm Ibx Ibx Ibx Radio stations established in 1923 1923 establishments in New Brunswick