CJOB

CJOB is a talk radio station located at 680 kHz on the AM band in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is owned and operated by Corus Radio, a national media company in Canada. CJOB has been the highest-rated radio station in Winnipeg for many years, and is also the sister station of CJGV-FM and CJKR-FM. Currently, all operate out of the same location at 1440 Jack Blick Avenue in Polo Park, Winnipeg.

In early 2008, the station's market share was 15.3 percent.^[1]

History

1940s

• CJOB's first broadcast was on at 8 a.m. Monday March 11, 1946,^[2] as a 250-watt station at 1340 kHz owned by John Oliver Blick (the "JOB" in the callsign).

1950s

• The station moved to 680 kHz and increased its power to 5,000 watts on October 8, 1957.^[3] At the same time it installed a new antenna 294 feet (90 m) high in Fort Whyte, Manitoba, three miles (5 km) west of Hwy. 75.^[4]

• In 1959 CJOB applied to the Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG) in for Winnipeg's first private television station, but were unsuccessful. The licence was issued to Moffat Broadcasting, which put CJAY-TV on the air in November 1960.

1960s

• The station was sold to OB Limited in 1964.
• The station moved in 1964 to 930 Portage Avenue.^[5]

1970s

• In 1978 the station's broadcast power increased to 50,000 watts during the daytime, making it the province's second-most powerful station.

1990s

• In 1998 CJOB was sold to Western International Communications.

2000s

• In 2000 CJOB was sold to Corus Entertainment.

• In 2006 the station celebrated 60 years on-the-air.^[5]

• In 2007 CJOB asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a nested FM frequency at 106.3 transmitter at Starbuck to rebroadcast CJOB AM (mono).^[6] On September 7, the CRTC denied Corus's application to simulcast the AM radio signal at 106.3 MHz.^[7]

2010s

• 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, CJOB completed the move to its new location at 1440 Jack Blick Avenue.

Programming

The majority of CJOB programming originates locally. Notably the nationally broadcast Charles Adler, an afternoon politically charged syndicated talk show with host Charles Adler, hails from the CJOB studios. The station also broadcasts Winnipeg Blue Bombers games, and also aired Manitoba Moose games before the team moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. CJOB, which had been the flagship station for the WHA/NHL incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets, bid for broadcast rights to the current NHL Jets, but lost out to CFRW. On Mondays at 7:00 during the Canadian Football League season, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach, currently Paul LaPolice, hosts a program with Sports Director Bob Irving. Bomber defensive lineman Doug Brown has a show every Monday at 8:00 called Doug Brown's Spin Zone. Hal Anderson is the early morning host, Richard Cloutier hosts a morning investigative reporting show, Karen Black hosts the afternoon drive, and Bob Irving hosts the CJOB Sports Show. Geoff Courrier hosts the Night Hawk weekday evenings between 9:00 PM and midnight.

Other personalities previously associated with the station include John Harvard, Peter Warren, Dick Vincent and John Wells.

Rebroadcasters

CJOB also has rebroadcasters in the following communities:

• CFIL-FM 97.1 FM - Gillam ^[8]
• CJEN-FM 96.1 FM - Jenpeg ^[9]
• CHGG-FM 96.1 FM - Limestone ^[10]

References

External links

• CJOB
• CJOB history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CJOB