CJBQ

CJBQ is a Canadian radio station licensed at Belleville, Ontario. It is owned by Quinte Broadcasting along with Mix 97 and Rock 107. CJBQ broadcasts on an assigned frequency of 800 kHz in C-QUAM AM Stereo at a power of 10 kW. The transmitter is located in Prince Edward County. The antenna is a six-tower array with differing patterns day and night, to protect Class-A clear-channel station XEROK-AM in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, as well as neighbouring stations CKLW in Windsor and CJAD in Montreal. As of November 2020, CJBQ is the only remaining Canadian AM radio station operating between Ottawa and the Greater Toronto Area.[1]

CJBQ
CityBelleville, Ontario
Broadcast areaBelleville-Quinte West
Frequency800 kHz (AM)
BrandingCJBQ 800 AM
SloganYour Hometown Radio Station
Programming
FormatFull-service (country, oldies)
Ownership
OwnerQuinte Broadcasting
CIGL-FM, CJTN-FM
History
First air date
1946
Former frequencies
1230 kHz (1946-1957)
Call sign meaning
CJ Belleville Quinte
Technical information
ClassB
Power10 kW
Links
Websitewww.cjbq.com

CJBQ's format includes country music, oldies and adult contemporary music. It is mostly locally programmed, with the exception of John Tesh's syndicated program that airs during evenings.[2]CJBQ also carries live broadcasts of Belleville Senators hockey games.[3]

History

The station launched in 1946 on AM 1230, and moved to its current frequency in 1957. An FM sister station, CJBQ-FM, was launched in 1962.

Formerly a private affiliate of CBC Radio, the station dropped this affiliation in 1984 when CBC added CBCP-FM, a Peterborough-based rebroadcaster of the network station from Toronto, in the Belleville area. The station subsequently adopted an adult contemporary format, which it retained until switching to its current country format in 1993.

Notable employees

References
  2. Fybush, Scott (January 9, 2015). Tower site of the week 1/9/15: Belleville, Ontario. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  4. Boyce, Gerry (2008). Belleville: A Popular History. Toronto, Ontario: Natural Heritage Books. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-1-55002-863-8.


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