CKQB-FM

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CKQB-FM

City of license	Ottawa, Ontario
Broadcast area	National Capital Region Eastern Ontario
Branding	The Bear
Slogan	Ottawa's Best Rock
Frequency	106.9 FM
First air date	1982 (AM) 1994 (FM)
Format	active rock
ERP	84 kW
Class	C1
Former callsigns	CJSB (1982-1994)
Owner	Astral Media
Website	thebear.fm

CKQB is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an active rock format at 106.9 FM in Ottawa and 99.7 FM in Pembroke (on a repeater). The station uses the on-air brand name The Bear.

CJSB was launched in 1982 by Standard Broadcasting at AM 540. The station was initially a mixture of music and talk programming, then became 'music of your life' & lite rock.

In 1988, the station adopted an active rock format (of which it still continues on today on FM) and the brand name 54 Rock.

The AM station signed off the air on August 31, 1994 and converted to FM on September 1, 1994, moving to the 106.9 frequency, once occupied by CKO from 1977 to 1989. ^[1]

106.9 FM The Bear goes by the slogans "Ottawa's Best Rock" and "The Classic Rock You Love, The New Rock You Need" and can be found at www.thebear.fm. Its studios are located on Merivale Road, next to CJOH-TV.

In 2004, CKQB was given approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to operate an FM transmitter at Pembroke, Ontario on 99.7 FM, to rebroadcast the programming of CKQB's main station in Ottawa and provide better service to CKQB-FM’s listeners in Pembroke and in the surrounding west Ottawa Valley area. ^[2]

The station's music director, Kath Thompson, won the Canadian Music Industry Award for Music Director of the Year (Major Market) in 2007.

(The former CJSB call letters there were used in Ottawa are now currently used at an FM radio station out of Swan River, Manitoba that was launched in July 2006).[1]

On October 29, 2007, Astral Media took control of CKQB-FM as a result of its takeover of Standard Broadcasting.

1 DJ's/Hosts
2 Compilations Related to CKQB: 106.9 The Bear
3 References
4 External links

[edit] DJ's/Hosts

PAST

Pat Cochrane 1987-1990
Donna Saker,
Brian Kelly,
Carter Brown,
Bob Cowan,
The Real Darren Stevens 1987-1997
Doc and Woody
Stuntman Stu
Stephanie Egan
Brian West
The J-MAN
Jeff Mauler
Dangerous Darryl (Horton)
Brad Dryden
Trevor "Trapper" Biggs

PRESENT Summer 2007

Shadoe in the morning - Shadoe Davis (eff. Aug 1, 2007) with Cub Carson & Jacqui Delaney
All Request Lunch - Scott Lear
The Drive Home - Wicked Wendy Daniels
Evenings - Dylan Black
Local Licks/Weekends - Kath Thompson

[edit] Compilations Related to CKQB: 106.9 The Bear

Unmuted: Ottawa Recording Artists United Against AIDS (1996)
Unmuted II (1997)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

v • d • e Radio stations in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec

Ottawa	CFRA 580 • CFGO 1200 • CIWW 1310 • CILV 88.5 • CHUO 89.1 • CIHT 89.9 • CBOF 90.7 • CBO 91.5 • CKCU 93.1 • CKKL 93.9 • CKAV-10 95.7 • CJLL 97.9 • CJWL 98.5 • CHRI 99.1 • CIIO 99.7 • CJMJ 100.3 • CBOX 102.5 • CBOQ 103.3 • CISS 105.3 • CHEZ 106.1 • CKQB 106.9 • CKDJ 107.9

Gatineau	CJEU 1670 • CIMF 94.9 • CFTX 96.5 • CHLX 97.1 • CKTF 104.1 • CJRC 104.7

Smiths Falls	CJET 92.3 • CKBY 101.1

Perth	CHLK 88.1

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v • d • e Astral Media Inc.

Corporate Directors	Normand Beauchamp • Austin Beutel • Paul Bronfman • André Bureau (Chairman) • Jack Cockwell • George Cohon • Paul Godfrey • Stephen Greenberg • Ian Greenberg (President and CEO) • Sidney Greenberg (Vice President) • Sidney Horn • Mila Mulroney • Timothy Price

Broadcast television stations	CFTK (CBC) • CJDC (CBC)

Cable Television/Specialty Channels	Canal D • Canal Indigo • Canal Vie • cinépop • Family • Historia • The Movie Network • Mpix • MusiquePlus • MusiMax • Séries+ • Super Écran • TATV • Teletoon (English • French) • Teletoon Retro • Viewers Choice • VRAK.TV • Ztélé

Radio networks / brands	Boom FM • EZ Rock • Énergie • RockDétente

Radio Stations (by call-sign)	AM: CFRB • CFRN • CFTK • CHAM • CHOR • CHTK • CIOR • CISL • CJAD • CJBK • CJDC • CJOR • CKCR • CKFR • CKGR • CKHJ • CKMX • CKOC • CKOR • CKSL • CKTB FM: CFBR • CFEI • CFIX • CFMG • CHBD • CHEY • CHIK • CHOM • CHRD • CHRE • CHRX • CHSU • CHTZ • CHVR • CIBK • CIBX • CICF • CIGB • CIKI • CIKX • CILK • CIMF • CIMO • CIQM • CITE (Montreal) • CITE (Estrie) • CITF • CJAB • CFQX • CFVM • CFXY • CFZZ • CJAT • CJAY • CJBX • CJCJ • CJDM • CJEZ • CJFM • CJFW • CJMM • CJMV • CJOI • CJMG • CKBC • CKFM • CKKC • CKLH • CKMF • CKMM • CKNL • CKQB • CKRX • CKTF • CKTK • CKTO • CKTY • CKX • CKXA • CKXR • CKZZ

Sirius Canada channels	Énergie² • RockVelours

Other Assets	Astral Media Outdoor (AMO)

See also	Standard Broadcasting • Telemedia