CFMC-FM, known on air as ''C95'', is a Canadian

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in the city of

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as ...

. It shares studio space with sister stations

CKOM CKOM is a radio station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada broadcasting at 650 kHz. Its format is news/talk. It shares studio space with sister stations CFMC and CJDJ at 715 Saskatchewan Crescent West, also the home of Rawlco Radio's Corpo ...

and

CJDJ-FM CJDJ-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 102.1 FM in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The station, owned by Rawlco Communications, broadcasts an active rock format as ''Rock 102''. It shares studio space with sister stations CFMC and CKOM a ...

at 715 Saskatchewan Crescent West, also the home of Rawlco Radio's Corporate Offices.

History

Originally known on air as ''CFMC FM103'', the station was purchased by

Rawlco Communications Rawlco Radio Ltd. is a media company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The company is the sole proprietor of seven radio stations in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Rawlco Radio Corporate Office is just south of Downtown Sa ...

in 1985, moved to 95.1 on the dial, and given the

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''C95''. In 2007, the station switched its format from

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 ...

to CHR/Top 40. This format change happened right after Harvard Broadcasting was given approval to launch a CHR radio station (

CFWD-FM CFWD-FM is a radio station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Owned by Harvard Media, it broadcasts a rock-leaning classic hits format branded as ''96.3 Cruz FM''. History Licensed to Harvard Broadcasting on May 28, 2007, the station was origina ...

). In December 2012, shortly after CFWD dropped its CHR format, CFMC began to start leaning more towards a

format again, ultimately taking on an

adult top 40 The Adult Pop Airplay (formerly known as Adult Pop Songs and Adult Top 40) chart is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine and ranks "the most popular adult top 40 as based on radio airplay detections measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data System ...

format.

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