CJMX-FM
Hot adult contemporary | |
| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner |
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| CJRQ-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1980 |
Call sign meaning | CJ MiX (former branding) |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 285 meters (935 ft) |
| Links | |
| Website | kisssudbury.com |
CJMX-FM (105.3
History
CJMX was established in 1980 by F. Baxter Ricard and Alma Ricard, the owners of Sudbury's CHNO and CFBR. CJMX's studios were located in the old King George School building at 295 Victoria Street until 1997. Its transmitter site was shared with CICI-TV and CIGM-FM near Huron Street in Sudbury.
In the 1980s the station was branded as CJMX Stereo 105 and FM 105 CJMX. The stations became part of
After a change in
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, CJMX overtook former ratings leader CJRQ in the market, based in part on actively promoting itself as a station suitable for workplace listening. In 2006, however, it lost that status to a resurgent CHNO after the latter station flipped to an
Under Rogers ownership in 2002, the station
In late October 2004, a fire damaged a transmission line at the transmitter that knocked CJMX off the air for 25 hours. A replacement antenna was brought in from Thunder Bay to get the station back on the air. The station went back to its regular 100 kW power months after the fire.[5]
In 2009, CJMX's sister station CIGM was sold to
In July 2011, the station altered its musical format to present a more contemporary version of its AC Mainstream Plus blend. With this shift, the station cancelled The 80's Lunch program and Sunday at the 70's. Solid Gold Saturday Night was replaced by The Saturday Night Show, a program featuring music from the 70s to present. Scott Turnbull remains as host. The station also adopted a new logo as well as the positioning statement "Today's Best Music".
By January
On August 7, 2012, Rogers received approval to change the authorized contours of the radio programming undertakings CJRQ-FM and CJMX Sudbury, in order to change the polarization of CJRQ's antenna, and to increase CJMX's effective height of antenna above average terrain from 227.5 to 285 metres.[8]
CJMX was one of four "
On May 24, 2015, Rich Griffin, the morning host on CJMX died of a brain aneurysm at the age of 52. Griffin recently celebrated 14 years as a morning show host for CJMX in April. A moment of silence was held on all Sudbury radio stations at 9:00am EDT, May 25, 2015.[10][11][12]
Former logos
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MIX 105 logo used for CJMX in the 1990s -
EZ Rock logo used from 1999 to 2011
References
- ^ Decision CRTC 90-676
- ^ CRTC Decision 99-38.
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-92
- ^ NorthEast RadioWatch, July 22, 2002.
- ^ NorthEast Radio Watch, November 1, 2004.
- ^ Anjulie - Brand New Chick
- ^ RadioStationWorld.com Ontario Radio Stations: Sudbury
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-431, CJRQ-FM and CJMX-FM Sudbury – Technical changes, CRTC, August 7, 2012
- ^ "Rogers Preparing To Rebrand Four Ontario EZRock’s," from Radio Insight, 7/8/2013
- Sudbury Star, May 24, 2015
- ^ Mourning the loss of a popular radio host, Northern Life, May 25, 2015
- ^ Remembering Rich Griffin, kisssudbury.com, May 25, 2015
External links
- KiSS 105.3
- CJMX-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CJMX-FM in the REC Canadian station database
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