- CJCB (AM)
Infobox Radio station
name = CJCB
area =Sydney, Nova Scotia
branding = CJCB AM 1270
slogan = Cape Breton's country favorites!
airdate =
frequency = 1270KHz (AM)
format = country
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class =
owner =Maritime Broadcasting System
website = [http://www.cjcbradio.com/ CJCB AM 1270]
callsign_meaning = C J Cape BretonCJCB-AM is a
Canadian radio station which broadcasts fromSydney, Nova Scotia on the AM dial at 1270 kHz with a power of 10,000 watts. The station is one of the oldest radio stations in the Atlantic Provinces, hitting the airwaves onFebruary 14 ,1929 . CJCB plays acountry music format.The station is owned by Halifax-based company
Maritime Broadcasting System , a company that owns several other radio stations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.CJCB played a variety of music prior to switching to its current format in June 1998:
oldies ,classic rock and CHR.Over the years, CJCB used monikers such as as "The Spirit of Cape Breton", "AM's Variety Station", "Cape Breton's Superstation", and "Cape Breton's Country Favorites".
CKPE-FM and CHER are its sister stations.(CJCB was formerly a callsign of a radio station out of
Nelson, British Columbia possibly dating back to the early 1900's).The CJCB call letters are also used at a
Television station inSydney, Nova Scotia that was launched in 1954.From 1938-76, CJCB broadcast in
shortwave under the call letters CJCX. [ [http://www.tdp.info/can.html Shortwave radio transmitters in Canada ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.cjcbradio.com/ CJCB AM 1270]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=679&historyID=266 CJCB Radio History from the Canadian Communications Foundation]
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