CIOO-FM
Adult contemporary | |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
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Ownership | |
Owner | |
CJCH-FM, CJCH-DT | |
History | |
First air date | November 1, 1977 |
Call sign meaning | C100 (former branding) or C 100.1 (frequency) |
Technical information | |
Class | C |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 185.1 meters (607 ft) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | iheartradio.ca/move/halifax |
CIOO-FM is a Canadian
History
In 1976, Radio 920, Ltd., a division of
On November 1, 1977, CIOO began broadcasting as an
The spring of 1985 saw the station take on another programming angle,
On December 21, 1984, CHUM Limited was denied a license to add an FM transmitter at 94.9 MHz in Middleton to rebroadcast the programming of CIOO.[1]
On December 27, 2020, as part of a mass format reorganization by Bell Media, CIOO rebranded as Move 100, ending 43 years of the "C100" branding. While the station would run jockless for the first week of the format, on-air staff would return on January 4, 2021.[2]
In 2022, CIOO flipped to
Features (prior to 2020)
- The Breakfast Club was the weekday morning program on CIOO. The show aired from 6:30am–10:00am, having extended from its old hours of 6:00am–9:00am. It was originally hosted by Kelly Latremouille, Peter Harrison and Moya Farrell until mid-2007. Latremouille had debuted with the station in the summer of 1993, replacing John Biggs, who took Latremouille's position with 92 CJCH AM at that time. After Latremouille's departure in late June 2007, Adam Marriott became an interim host along with Harrison and Farrell. On August 17, 2008, Brad Dryden joined the Breaskfast Club as Latremouille's replacement. In August 2015, JC Douglas became Dryden's replacement on the Show. In January 2017, Melody Rose became Farrell's replacement after she retired from the station after 35 years. In November 2020, Douglas and Rose were released by Bell Media citing "programming changes".[3]
Long before the Breakfast Club, the station used one DJ personality. Geoff Banks hosted the morning show for the better part of the 1980s, before Biggs took over and shortly thereafter forming the show they have today.
- The Top 9 at 9 was a countdown of the day's most requested songs. It was heard each weekday morning and weeknight at 9:00. When this show first aired in 1993, it was the Top 7 at 7. Currently, it moved back to the latter name.
- Retro Request Sunday with Nicolle, heard every Sunday morning from 8am-noon, focused on music from the 1980s. When the 80's boom started its resurgence in 1995, CIOO ran the program from 8–10:00am on Saturday mornings. This time slot lasted for around 8 years, with the format sometimes running from 8:00 till noon.
- The Atlantic Canada Countdown with Matt & Deb was CIOO's weekly countdown of the most popular music of the week in Atlantic Canada. It was heard Sunday mornings from 8 to 10 AM.
CIOO formerly broadcast the radio version of the
- The C100 Summer Cruiser was a mobile prize machine team who broadcast their secret location around the Halifax Regional Municipality multiple times throughout the day all summer. Prizes varied every summer but in the past have included free concert tickets, movie passes, museum passes, gift certificates, C100 'gear' and a chance to fill out a ballot to win a weekly prize or 1 grand prize. A later addition to the prize rotation were C100 window stickers. Although no official contest regarding the stickers had been announced, there was growing speculation that it will be something quite worthwhile.
CIOO branded itself as playing the most music for Halifax [4] with:
- 100 Minutes of Commercial Free Music aired weekdays 9:00am – 10:40am.
- 60 Minutes of Commercial Free Drive Home aired weekdays 4:00pm – 5:00pm.
- 40 Minutes of Commercial Free Music aired every hour, every day.
Every Year on New Year's Eve, CIOO played the top 100 songs of the radio stations of that year.
References
- ^ Decision CRTC 84-1049
- ^ Bell Media Moves Ten Stations to New Branding
- ^ "Revolving Door". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ http://www.iheartradio.ca/c100-fm/audio-video/non-stop-music-on-c100-1.2494317[permanent dead link]
External links
- Move 100
- CIOO-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CIOO-FM in the REC Canadian station database