CJNI-FM

CJNI-FM

City of license	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Branding	News 95.7
Slogan	News. Talk. Sports.
Frequency	95.7 MHz (FM)
First air date	October 11, 2005
Format	News/Talk/Sports
ERP	65 kW
HAAT	224.1 meters (735 ft)
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	C J News Information
Affiliations	CBS Sports Radio^[1]
Owner	Rogers Media, a division of Rogers Communications (Rogers Radio)
Sister stations	CFLT-FM
Website	www.news957.com

CJNI-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 95.7 FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a News/talk format branded on-air as News 95.7. CJNI's studios are located on Young Street in Halifax, while its transmitter is located on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park. The station is owned by Rogers Media which also owns sister station CFLT-FM. CJNI-FM is currently the only commercial News/talk station in Atlantic Canada.

History

On November 26, 2004, Rogers Communications received CRTC approval for a new English-language News/Talk commercial FM radio station in Halifax to operate on the FM dial at 95.7.^[2] It was launched on October 11, 2005 at 5:30 a.m.

The station was networked with CKNI in Moncton and CHNI in Saint John, New Brunswick until August 2014, when they were sold to separate owners and flipped formats.

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Radio stations in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Stations	CKDU 88.1 CHNS 89.9 CBHA 90.5 CBAX 91.5 CBAF-5 92.3 CFLT 92.9 CJLU 93.9 CIRP 94.7 CJNI 95.7 CKUL 96.5 CKRH 98.5 NEW 99.1 CHSB 99.3 CIOO 100.1 CJCH 101.3 CHFX 101.9 CBH 102.7 CKHZ 103.5 CFRQ 104.3 CKHY 105.1 CFEP 105.9 CHCN 106.9

Defunct	CKBG 107.3 CIRH 107.7

Nova Scotia radio markets Cape Breton Halifax See also List of radio stations in Nova Scotia

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Television

Conventional
television

City	Stations CITY CHMI CJNT CKAL CKEM CKVU

Omni Television	Stations CFMT CHNM CJCO CJEO CJMT

Other	Hockey Night in Canada⁵

Cable
television

City	City Saskatchewan

Sportsnet	Sportsnet 360 Sportsnet regional channels East Ontario West Pacific Sportsnet One Sportsnet PPV WWE Network Sportsnet World

MLSE	Leafs TV NBA TV Canada

Other channels	The Biography Channel Cable 14¹ CPAC FX FXX G4 OLN Rogers TV¹ TV Rogers (French)¹ The Shopping Channel

Radio stations

AM	CFAC CFFR CFTR CIRS CIWW CJCL CKAT CKGL CKWX

FM	CFGP CFLT CFRV CHAS CHBN CHST CHDI CHEZ CHFI CHFM CHMN CHTT CHUR CHYM CIKR CIKZ CIOC CISQ CISS CITI CJAQ CJAX CJET CJMX CJNI CJOK CJQM CJQQ CJRQ CJRX CKBY CKER CKFX CKGB CKIS CKIZ CKKS CKMH CKQC CKSR CKXC CKY CKYX WLYK²

Radio networks	Jack FM (most Canadian stations) Sportsnet Radio

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Hockey Night in Canada³
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (37.5%)
Rogers Media
Rogers Plus
Spring Fishing Show
Toronto Blue Jays
Shomi
Vuguru

Facilities

Owned	33 Dundas Street East 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West Rogers Building Rogers Centre Rogers Park

Sponsored	Rogers Arena Rogers K-Rock Centre Rogers Place (under construction)

Leased	Canadian Broadcasting Centre⁴

Acquisitions and historic brands

Direct acquisitions	Aurora Cable Internet Cable Atlantic Maclean-Hunter Selkirk Communications Newton Cable Score Media Sprint Canada

Systems resold by Shaw	Classicomm Fundy Cable Graham Cable Mountain Cablevision Trillium Cable

Defunct channels	CityNews Channel Viewers Choice MSNBC Canada GolTV

Some assets listed above are only partially owned by Rogers Communications. Refer to each individual article for detailed information.

¹Community channels owned (or part-owned) by Rogers Cable
²U.S. border station operated by Rogers under a local marketing agreement
³Brand used under license from the CBC.
⁴Studio 41 and its eighth floor offices are leased from the CBC for its NHL coverage.
⁵Part-time network broadcast over the same stations as CBC Television; see CRTC Decision 2015-154

Coordinates: 44°39′03″N 63°39′25″W / 44.65083°N 63.65694°W / 44.65083; -63.65694

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