| City of license | Regina, Saskatchewan |
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| Broadcast area | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Branding | 620 CKRM |
| Frequency | 620 AM |
| First air date | 1926 |
| Format | country |
| Power | 10 kW |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | Canada Knows Regina Music |
| Owner | Harvard Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | CFWF-FM, CHMX-FM |
| Website | 620 CKRM |
CKRM is an AM radio station in Regina, Saskatchewan, broadcasting at 620 kHz and owned by Harvard Broadcasting. Its format is country music.
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CKRM was established in 1926 in Moose Jaw under the call letters CJRM. [1] Its original owner was the Winnipeg, Manitoba grain merchant James Richardson and Sons.
In time, the station was moved to Regina and networked with CJRW Winnipeg. The stations were purchased by the Sifton family, owners of the Regina Leader-Post and CKCK Radio in 1940, and CJRM became CKRM. In 1944, CKRM affiliated with the CBC's Dominion Network until 1962 when the network was disbanded and CKRM became independent.
In late 1971, CKRM dropped its easy listening format and became a country music station.
In 2001, the station would relocate from 980 AM to 620 AM, shortly after the original CKCK radio closed down.[2] CJME is the current occupant of 980 AM today.
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.
They moved into their current facility in April 2006. It is at the corner of 12th and Rose in downtown Regina.
Due to its location on the lower end of the AM dial, transmitter power, and Saskatchewan's flat land, CKRM's signal covers most of Saskatchewan's densely populated area, as well as parts of North Dakota and Montana.
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