- CJDV-FM
Infobox Radio station
name = CJDV-FM
city = Cambridge,Ontario ,Canada
area = Cambridge-Kitchener-Waterloo-Guelph
branding = 107.5 Dave FM
slogan = "80's 90's Anything We Feel Like!"
airdate = Original launch:1954
Current branding:July 21 2003
frequency = 107.5 MHz (FM )
format = Adult hits
power =
erp = 2.5 kW
class =
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = CKGR, CFTJ, CIAM, CIZN
owner =Corus Entertainment
webcast =
website = http://www.davefm.com/CJDV, branded as 107.5 Dave FM, is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 107.5 FM in the Tri-Cities, with offices in
Cambridge, Ontario as well asKitchener, Ontario . The station airs a Rock orientedadult hits format.The station was launched in
1954 by Galt Broadcasting as AM 1110 CKGR, adaytimer . With an ownership change in1956 , the station adopted the new call sign CFTJ.In
1975 , the station moved to AM 1320, and CKKW in nearby Kitchener moved from 1320 to 1090. Concurrently with this change, CFTJ moved to 24-hour broadcasting. This was planned as a temporary move — with CFGM in Richmond Hill scheduled to move to the 1320 frequency in1978 , CFTJ moved again to AM 960 in1977 .In
1987 , the station changed its call sign again, to CIAM, and was acquired by Kawartha Broadcasting. Kawartha became a division of Power Broadcasting in1989 .On
June 25 ,1997 , the station was licensed by the CRTC to move to the FM band. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/1997/DB97-271.HTM Decision CRTC 97-271] ] It completed the move onMay 25 ,1998 , launching on 92.9 FM with the new call sign CIZN and anadult contemporary format and known as "The Zone".In
2000 , the station was purchased by its current owner,Corus Entertainment . Corus applied to the CRTC to move the station's frequency to 107.5 in2003 , due to the weak 92.9 signal impairing the station's financial stability. The change was approved. CIZN left the air onJuly 20 ,2003 , and onJuly 21 ,2003 the station relaunched on 107.5 with its current call sign, format and branding. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2003/db2003-51.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-51] ]In 2006, CJDV's application to increase power was denied. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-261.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-261] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.davefm.com/ CJDV]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=322&historyID=112 CJDV History at Canadian Communications Foundation]
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