CKJS
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| Broadcast area | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Branding | CKJS |
| Slogan | Winnipeg's Home of Multi-Lingual Programming |
| Frequency | 810 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | 1974 |
| Format | Multilingual |
| Power | 10,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Owner | Evanov Communications |
| Sister stations | CFJL-FM, CHWE-FM |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | CKJS 810 AM |
CKJS is a multilingual radio station. The station broadcasts from 520 Corydon Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba with sister stations 100.7 The Breeze and Energy 106.
The station is the only multilingual radio station in Manitoba serving more than twenty different ethnic groups.
History
The station was founded in 1974 as multilingual radio station catering to various groups within the city.
In the '80's it also boasted, for a very short time, a cutting edge alternative music program (well before such programs existed on AM radio in particular) called Nightbeat. This program was responsible for promoting local talent and giving airplay to music that wasn't being played on mainstream radio.
In May 2011, Newcap Radio announced that it was selling CKJS and CHNK-FM to Evanov Communications, pending CRTC approval.[1] On October 24, 2011, the CRTC approved Duffern Communications (aka: Evanov Communications) to acquire CKJS and its sister station CHNK-FM. [2]
Programming
CKJS airs programming in the following languages: Caribbean, Chinese, Filipino, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. It also airs a block of Christian programming daily and on Sundays.
References
External links
- Website
- Facebook Page
- CKJS history at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKJS
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Coordinates: 49°44′07″N 97°11′37″W / 49.73528°N 97.19361°W