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 '' The Bobby Bones Show'' in the evening (with an exception being CIMX-FM 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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- CJDC *

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- CJFW-FM * Vernon -

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Manitoba

* Brandon - CKXA-FM

New Brunswick

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- CKHJ *

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- CJCJ-FM

Nova Scotia

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- CKTY-FM

Ontario

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- CKLC-FM *

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CJBX-FM CJBX-FM is a radio station in London, Ontario. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a country format. Its studios are located at 1 Communications Road, along with CIQM-FM, CJBK and CFPL-DT while its transmitter is located on Cromarty Dr near Hwy 4 ...

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- CICX-FM *

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- CKKL-FM * Pembroke - CHVR-FM *

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- CKQM-FM *

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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 tran ...

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- CKFM-FM HD4 * Windsor - CIMX-FM

Saskatchewan

* Regina - CHBD-FM

References

Canadian radio networks Bell Media * 2019 establishments in Canada {{Canada-radio-stub