CHSJ-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = CHSJ-FM


area = Saint John, New Brunswick
branding = Country 94
slogan =
airdate = 1928 as CFBO
frequency = 94.1 MHz (FM)
format = Country music
erp =
class =
owner = Acadia Broadcasting Limited
website = [http://www.country94.ca/ Country 94]
callsign_meaning = C H Saint John

CHSJ-FM is a radio station at 94.1 MHz on the FM dial in Saint John, New Brunswick. The station plays country music under the Country 94 branding. CHSJ is owned by Acadia Broadcasting Limited, a subsidiary of Ocean Capital Investments.

History

Originally known as CFBO, CHSJ's first broadcast was at AM 890 in 1928, under the ownership of C.A. Munro Limited. The current call letters were adopted in 1934 when four Saint John newspaper publishing shareholders — Howard P. Robinson, J.D. McKenna, T. F. Drummie and L. W. Bewick — saw great potential for little CFBO and purchased it from Mr. C.A. Monro. After the sale CHSJ was owned by the Saint John Publishing Company.

From 1934 to 1936 the station was an affiliate of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission. In 1936 CHSJ affiliated with the Canadian Broadcasting Company and later with the CBC Trans-Canada Network until 1964, when CBD went on the air.

In 1944, Kenneth C. Irving purchased Saint John Publishing from its principal shareholder Howard P. Robinson. Along with the city's two newspapers he acquired the CHSJ station as part of the group. Later that year the company's name was changed to the New Brunswick Publishing Company. One of its operations was New Brunswick Broadcasting, responsible for radio station CHSJ.

CHSJ changed its AM frequency several times: to 1210 in 1933, to 1120 in 1934, to 1150 in 1945, and to 700 in 1985. In 1998 CHSJ moved to the FM dial, as had other AM stations across Canada.

External links

* [http://www.country94.ca/ Country 94]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=641&historyID=259 CHSJ history on broadcasting-history.ca]
*For further information on the history of this station download the pdf "ON AIR in the Maritimes since 1928" from the Acadia Broadcasting Limited website, [http://www.acadiabroadcasting.ca] .