| City of license | Peterborough, Ontario |
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| Branding | Christian/Talk |
| Slogan | Local News Every Hour, Good News All Day. |
| Frequency | 90.5 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 2004; December 2010, new format debuted under new ownership |
| Format | Local news every hour; local, call-in talk shows on local issues; plus encouraging Christian talk and Bible teaching, Christian music |
| Former callsigns | CKKK-FM (2004–2009) |
| Owner | McNabb Broadcasting Inc - 4352416 Canada Inc. |
| Website | http://www.FM905.ca/ |
CJMB-FM is a Canadian radio station which is licensed to broadcast at 90.5 FM in Peterborough, Ontario with a Christian radio format.
The station received CRTC approval on June 9, 2004 [1] and was launched on November 25, 2004 at 80 Hunter St. East by King's Kids Promotions Outreach Ministries. The studios are now located at the Kingswood Life Center at 993 Talwood Drive.
Formerly known as "KAOS" radio, the station's first call letters were CKKK-FM.
In March 2007, CKKK-FM applied to move from 99.5 FM to 90.5 FM. CKPT-AM was approved in 2007 to move to 99.3 FM which is the adjacent frequency of 99.5 FM. On July 9, 2007 CKKK received CRTC approval to move to 90.5 FM.[2]
On August 20, 2007, CKKK at 99.5 FM moved down the dial to 90.5 FM just over a month after the approval from the CRTC.
On March 31, 2008, KAOS Radio 90.5 FM went dark after being blocked from its new tower site at 1001 Talwood Drive. This, despite the fact that the project was approved by the CRTC and Industry Canada in August 2007.
The station, plus previous and current ownership of the tower site at 1001 Talwood Drive were not able to resolve differences.
The CRTC approved the sale of the station on June 26, 2009 to 4352416 Canada Inc.[3] Soon after, the station adopted its current callsign CJMB-FM.
In December 2010, the station became the only station in the city broadcasting "Local News Every Hour", as well as the only station in the city broadcasting "All Christmas Music, All The Time"; and come May 30, 2011, is introducing talk focused programming to Peterborough (details below).
On December 3, 2009, the CRTC approved the station's new new tower site with a power increase from 50 to 206 watts.[4]
The station's programming focus is on local news every hour; with the forthcoming strategy of local, call-in talk shows on matters of local importance, faith and family; plus encouraging bible teaching, and today's Christian music.
Reflecting the fact that Peterborough has approximately 33% more churches per capita than the rest of Canada, the station remains licensed as a Christian station.
FM 90.5 has organized the not for profit service clubs and community organizations of Peterborough County to earn their share of tens of thousands of dollars in cash awards by shopping at the station's category-exclusive Community Club Awards advertisers, instead of their competitors.
The station collects the clubs' receipts, tallies them, and clubs earn cash awards each week for 1st through 10th place based on club activity with advertisers.
FM 90.5 began test signal broadcasting at 4:05 pm, Thurs. Oct. 14, 2010, featuring the song "Stronger" by Hillsong.
Vision: Present Christ to all, using the power of locally relevant media.
Mission: Connect, inform, inspire.
Values: Edification, exhortation, comfort.
CJMB-FM's slogan is "Local News, Every Hour; Good News All Day". This is a first in Peterborough radio as no other station covers more local stories more often, than FM 90.5. No matter if it's 3am or 3pm, residents are able to keep themselves informed about their community.
The news department is overseen by Jeanne Pengelly who currently reports the morning newscasts from 6 am to 12 pm weekdays. Graham Elliot covers weekday afternoons. On weekends, Justin Beaudoin takes care of all newscasts starting at 4 pm Friday afternoon until Monday at 5 am.
Darryl Parsons was the station's morning show host, who left the airwaves in late August 2011. The station does not currently have a morning show.
Former KAOS DJs include Jonathan Andrews, Chris Parker, Darryl Parsons, Marc Scott, Anthony Hoffman, Crash Carter, Dale Roth, Lexi Cameron (News), Adam Withers (News), Christian Harvey, Josh Perks, Ricardo Germaine, and Alek Ackerman.
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