CJOB (AM)

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CJOB-AM
Image:CJOB AM.gif
Broadcast area Winnipeg, Manitoba
Frequency 680 KHz
First air date March 11, 1946
Format Talk radio
ERP 50,000 watts
Callsign meaning Canada

John
Oliver

Blick
Owner Corus Entertainment

CJOB is a talk radio station located at 680 kHz on the AM band in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is owned and operated by Corus Radio, a national media company in Canada. CJOB has been the highest-rated radio station in Winnipeg for many years, and is also the sister station of the most popular FM station in Winnipeg, CJKR-FM Power 97, which also operates out of the same location. In early 2008, , the station's market share was 15.3 percent.[1]

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[edit] History

1940s
  • CJOB's first broadcast was on at 8 a.m. Monday March 11, 1946[2], as a 250-watt station at 1340 kHz owned by John Oliver Blick (the "JOB" in the callsign).
1950s
  • The station moved to 680 kHz and increased its power to 5,000 watts on October 8, 1957[3]. At the same time it installed a new antenna 294 feet high in Fort Whyte, Manitoba, three miles west of Hwy. 75.[4]
  • In 1959 CJOB applied to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in for Winnipeg's first private television station, but were unsuccessful. The licence was issued to Moffat Broadcasting, which put CJAY-TV on the air in November 1960.
1960s
  • The station was sold to OB Limited in 1964.
  • The station moved in 1964 to 930 Portage Avenue, from where it still broadcasts today.[5]
1970s
  • In 1978 the station's broadcast power increased to 50,000 watts during the daytime.
1990s
2000s
  • In 2006 the station celebrated 60 years on-the-air.[5]

[edit] Programming

CJOB is nationally known for hosting Adler On Line, a politically-charged syndicated talk show with host Charles Adler, in the afternoons. Most programming on CJOB originates locally, and the station also broadcasts Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Manitoba Moose games.

Current hosts
  • Larry Updike, co-host of the CJOB Morning Show (5:30am - 9:00am CST)
  • Brian Barkley, co-host of the CJOB Morning Show (5:30am - 9:00am CST) and Wells and Company (4:00pm to 7:00pm CST)
  • Richard Cloutier, host of Richard Cloutier Reports (9:00am - 12:00pm CST)
  • Courtney James, host of CJOB Today So Far (12:00pm - 1:00pm CST)
  • Charles Adler, host of nationally syndicated Adler On Line (1:00pm - 4:00pm CST)
  • Luke EisBrenner, host of The Drive (4:00pm - 7:00pm CST)
  • Bob Irving, host of The Football Huddle (7:00pm - 8:00pm CST during the CFL football season).
  • Brett Megarry and Jeff Braun, co-hosts of The Couch Potatoes (Tuesdays, 8:00pm - 9:00pm CST)
  • Geoff Currier, host of The Night Hawk (9:00pm - 12:00am CST)
Former hosts
  • Red Alix
  • George McCloy
  • Bob Washington
  • Irv "Doc" Stein
  • Wee Ray Isley
  • Hedi Lewis
  • Peter Warren (radio)
  • Dick Vincent
  • Jim Ingebrigtsen
  • John Harvard Former Liberal Party Member of Parliament 1988-2004 Current Manitoba Lieutenant Governor
  • Roger Currie
  • John Wells

[edit] Rebroadcasters

CJOB also has rebroadcasters in Gillam, Jenpeg and Limestone.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "CJOB fires broadcast vet Wells", Winnipeg Free Press, April 19, 2008
  2. ^ "Mayor Garnet Coulter Opens Winnipeg's New Radio Station", Winnipeg Tribune, March 11, 1946, pp. 12. 
  3. ^ "CJOB Launches 'New Sound'; Said 'Pleasantest Sound in Town'", Winnipeg Tribune, October 7, 1957, pp. 9. 
  4. ^ "New Transmitter, New Tower, New Power", Winnipeg Tribune, October 7, 1957, pp. 9. 
  5. ^ a b "Corus Radio Celebrates CJOB Winnipeg Milestone", news release, Corus Entertainment, March 9, 2006
  6. ^ "Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-57", Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, May 29 , 2007
  7. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-350

[edit] External links

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