CJCS-FM is a Canadian radio station in Stratford,

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broadcasting at 107.1 FM with a classic hits/ variety hits format branded as ''107.1 CJCS''. The station is owned by

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. CJCS also broadcasts

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games. The station, known as 10AK began broadcasting in 1928 as an amateur station at 250 metres. In 1933, the station changed to 1200

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, moved to 1210 in 1936 and then moved to 1240 on March 29, 1941. 10AK switched to its present callsign CJCS in 1935.

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, Bob Bratina and Tony Parsons all started their respective broadcasting careers at this station. Over the years since the station began broadcasting in 1928, CJCS went through a number of different ownerships. On May 11, 1990, the CRTC denied an application by Telemedia Communications to convert CJCS to 104.1

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. On June 25, 1997, Raedio Inc., received approval from the

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to acquire CJCS from

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Communications. CJCS was owned by Raedio Inc. and opened up a new FM

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CHGK-FM on September 2, 2003. In September 2010, Raedio Inc. announced a tentative deal, pending CRTC approval, to sell the station to

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, which owns a number of radio stations in western Canada, announced a deal to acquire Haliburton Broadcasting, in cooperation with Westerkirk Capital. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012. On January 23, 2015, Vista applied with the CRTC to convert CJCS to FM with an average

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(ERP) of 900 watts (maximum ERP of 4,000

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s with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 32.6 metres). The application was approved on August 10, 2015. On August 3,

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, CJCS officially moved to 107.1 FM and relaunched as ''107.1 Juice FM''. Due to its low ERP, CJCS-FM has co-channel interference with

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which has a higher ERP. On July 7, 2022, the station changed back to its old brand name, ''107.1 CJCS''.Connie Thiessen
"Vista brings heritage CJCS branding back to Stratford"
''Broadcast Dialogue'', July 8, 2022.

References

External links

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at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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