CJCS

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CJCS

City of license	Stratford, Ontario
Broadcast area	Southwestern Ontario
Branding	CJCS 1240
Frequency	1240 kHz (AM)
First air date	1928
Format	oldies
Power	1,000 watts
Class	C
Owner	Vista Radio
Website	AM 1240 CJCS

CJCS is a Canadian radio station in Stratford, Ontario with an oldies format at AM 1240 kHz.

The station, known as "10AK" began broadcasting in 1928 as an amateur station at 250 metres. In 1933, the station changed to 1200 kHz, moved to 1210 kHz in 1936 and then moved to its present frequency at 1240 kHz on March 29, 1941. 10AK switched to its present callsign CJCS in 1935.

CJCS was owned by Raedio Inc. and opened up a new FM sister station CHGK-FM on September 2, 2003.

Lloyd Robertson, Bob Bratina and Tony Parsons all started their respective broadcasting careers at this station.

In September 2010, Raedio Inc. announced a tentative deal, pending CRTC approval, to sell the station to Haliburton Broadcasting Group which received CRTC approval on February 21, 2011.^[1]^[2]

On April 23, 2012 Vista Broadcast Group, which owns a number of radio stations in western Canada, announced a deal to acquire Haliburton Broadcasting, in cooperation with Westerkirk Capital.^[3] The transaction was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012.^[4]

References

↑ "Haliburton Broadcasting Group Inc. buys three Ontario radio stations". Canadian Press, September 17, 2010.
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-110
↑ "Westerkirk Capital Acquires Vista and Haliburton Broadcast Groups". Broadcaster, April 26, 2012.
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-577 Various radio programming undertakings – Acquisition of assets, CRTC, October 19, 2012

External links

v t e Vista Broadcast Group

Corporate directors	Margot Micallef (President & CEO)

Radio stations (by call-sign)	CFBG CFBK CFBV CFCP CFFM CFGM CFIF CFLZ CFNA CFNI CFPW CFRI CFSF CFXN CFZN CHBY CHGK CHMS CHMT CHNV CHPB CIQC CIRX CIVH CJCD CJCI CJCS CJED CJFB CJJM CJSU CJUI CKAP CKBX CKCQ CKHT CKJN CKKV CKLM CKLP CKPP CKNR CKQR CKWL

See also	Haliburton Broadcasting Group

v t e Radio stations in London/Woodstock/Tillsonburg, Ontario

London	CFPL 980 CJBK 1290 CKSL 1410 CJBX 92.7 CBCL 93.5 CHRW 94.9 CFPL 95.9 CIQM 97.5 CKLO 98.1 CJBC 99.3 CHJX 99.9 CBBL 100.5 CHST 102.3 CIXX 106.9

Elgin County	Aylmer CHPD 105.9 St. Thomas VF8016 90.1 CKZM 94.1 CFHK 103.1

Oxford County	Tillsonburg CKOT 101.3 CJDL 107.3 Woodstock CJFH 94.3 CKDK 103.9 CIHR 104.7

Simcoe	CHCD 98.9

Stratford	CJCS 1240 CHGK 107.7

Strathroy	CJMI 105.7

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Coordinates: 43°21′59″N 80°57′49″W / 43.36637°N 80.96359°W / 43.36637; -80.96359

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