CKRM (AM)

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CKRM is a radio station in Regina, Saskatchewan broadcasting at 620 kHz. Its format is country music.

1 History
2 Notable past and present personalities
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[edit] History

CKRM was established in 1926 in Moose Jaw under the call letters CJRM. Its original owner was the Winnipeg, Manitoba grain merchant James Richardson and Sons.

In time, the station was moved to Regina and networked with CJRC Winnipeg. The stations were purchased by the Sifton family, owners of the Regina Leader-Post and CKCK Radio in 1940, and CJRM became CKRM.

CKRM changed hands a number of times before its acquisition by Regina's Hill family, then-owners of CKCK-TV in 1981, under the Harvard Broadcasting banner. By this time the station's country format had become quite popular. CKRM also acquired the radio rights to the Western Hockey League's Regina Pats, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.