| Broadcast area | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Branding | Power 97 |
| Slogan | Winnipeg's best rock! |
| Frequency | 97.5 MHz |
| First air date | May 27, 1948 |
| Format | Active rock |
| ERP | 310,000 watts |
| Former callsigns | 1948-1976 as CJOB-FM on 103.1 1976-1984 as CHMM-FM on 97.5 1984-1991 as CKIS-FM on 97.5 |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment |
| Sister stations | CJOB, CJGV-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live! |
| Website | Power 97 |
CJKR-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 97.5 FM in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The station airs an active rock format branded as Power 97. It shares a studio location at 1440 Jack Blick Avenue in Polo Park, Winnipeg, with sister stations CJOB 680 and CJGV-FM "Groove FM". Currently CJKR-FM is the most listened to FM station in Winnipeg. [1]
It is available on Shaw Direct channels 860 (classic) and 523 (advanced), and MTS TV channel 714.[2] It had also been carried on the Bell ExpressVu satellite service (channel 961), but was inexplicably dropped by Bell TV on August 18, 2011.[3]
The station was launched in 1948 as CJOB-FM, an FM simulcast of CJOB[4]. The station applied to the BBG to move its broadcast frequency from 103.1 to the current 97.5.[5] It opened with distinct programming in 1962, featured a country music format as CHMM-FM in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and changed its format to soft rock and its callsign to CKIS-FM in 1984.[6] In the late 1980s, CKIS-FM moved to a rock format, which was not in compliance with its license at that time. Eventually the station was allowed to amend its license, stick with the rock format, and changed its call letters to the current CJKR-FM in 1991.
Formerly part of Western International Communications, the stations were acquired by their current owner, Corus Entertainment, in 2000.
In April 2010, Corus Radio Winnipeg announced the future relocation of its radio broadcast facility to 1440 Rapelje Avenue (since renamed Jack Blick Avenue), as part of a lease agreement between Corus Entertainment and Cadillac Fairview. The relocation to Polo Park was originally slated for January 2011. CJOB 680, CJGV-FM 99.1 (Groove FM) and CJKR-FM 97.5 (Power 97) would become the anchor tenants. Corus Radio Winnipeg planned to occupy the second floor of the three story building, upsizing its radio, production and business operations to 17,500 square feet (1,630 m2). At the time, general manager Garth Buchko said the stations had outgrown their 930 Portage Avenue facility. With the move, Corus Radio Winnipeg would also upgrade to state-of-the-art, fully digital on-air systems. At the end of February 2011, Power 97 completed the move to its new location at 1440 Jack Blick Avenue.
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