CJBZ-FM (93.3
FM) is a radio station broadcasting a
hot adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...
format. Licensed to
Lethbridge,
Alberta
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, it serves the Taber/Lethbridge region. The station is currently owned by the
Jim Pattison Group.
The station originally began broadcasting in
1974 as CKTA which operated at 1570
AM, until the station moved to its current frequency 93.3 FM in
2000
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as
classic rock
Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, prima ...
er CHHK.
CRTC Decision 99-476
/ref> In 2004 it shifted to adult hits and adopted its current branding and callsign and later to CHR/Top 40
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in 2007. CJBZ has since shifted to a hot adult contemporary format.
CJBZ airs '' American Top 40'' with Ryan Seacrest on Saturday evenings at 6 PM and on Sunday mornings at 9 AM.
Previous callsigns
* CKTA (1974-1987, 1993-2000)
* CFEZ (1987-1993)
* CHHK (2000-2004)
* CJBZ (2004–present)
References
External links
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Radio stations established in 1974
1974 establishments in Alberta
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