CJMR is a Canadian

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, which broadcasts

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programming at AM 1320. Although officially licensed to

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, it currently broadcasts from studios in Oakville. CJMR's studios are located on Church Street in downtown Oakville, while its

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s are located along

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West near Third Line Road on the northwest side of Oakville. Originally a daytimer on AM 1190, CJMR was launched in 1974, by CHWO Radio Limited (now

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), the owners of CHWO. On January 18, 1990, at 5p.m. the station moved to its current frequency (vacated by CFGM) and began a 24-hour broadcast schedule. Formerly a mixture of multilingual and

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programming, CJMR moved to exclusively multilingual programming in 2001, when the religious programming moved to the new CJYE. In 1986, the station was denied a licence to move to the FM dial.Decision CRTC 86-240
/ref> CJMR and CHMB are the only stations in Canada which broadcast on 1320 AM. CJMR's programming is mainly South Asian (

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and Punjabi) with some Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Gujarati,

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, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian,

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, Ukrainian and

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programming in the evenings and on weekends.

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