CFPG-FM (99.1

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, ''Country 99'') is a

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. Owned by

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, it broadcasts a

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format branded as "Country 99". Its

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is off St. Mary's Road in Duff Roblin Provincial Park, while its studios are co-located with its

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s at 201 Portage in Downtown Winnipeg.Radio Station History - CJGV-FM, Winnipeg.
Retrieved 12 August 2011.

History

CJZZ

The station signed on the air on . Its

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was CJZZ-FM, and it was owned by

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Communications. The frequency was the former home in Winnipeg of

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network CKO for a short period in 1988 and 1989. CJZZ-FM aired a

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format from the Starbuck Communications Tower. But Canwest found this caused

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to occur, so the company applied to the CRTC to broadcast from a new transmitter that

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was constructing and to decrease the ERP from 100,000 to 63,700

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s. At this time the station was branded as ''99.1 Cool FM'', a tie-in for co-owned cable TV station CoolTV.

CJGV

In September 2006,

, already owner of Winnipeg's CJOB and CJKR-FM, announced it would buy CJZZ and Kitchener,

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's CKBT-FM, from CanWest, subject to CRTC approval. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on July 6, 2007. Corus Entertainment officially took ownership of CJZZ on July 29, 2007. On November 5, 2007, the station rebranded as ''Groove FM'', and changed its call letters to CJGV-FM. In April 2010, Corus Radio Winnipeg announced the future relocation of its radio broadcast facility to 1440 Rapelje Avenue (since renamed ''Jack Blick Avenue''), as part of a lease agreement between Corus Entertainment and

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. The relocation to studios and offices in Polo Park was originally slated for January 2011. CJOB, CJGV and CJKR would become the anchor tenants. Corus Radio Winnipeg planned to occupy the second floor of the three-story building, upsizing its radio, production and business operations to . In August 2011, Corus filed an application with the CRTC to remove the requirement for the station to broadcast a specialty

format, citing significant financial losses in recent years. On November 30, 2011, the CRTC approved CJGV's application, although requiring it to maintain two hours of smooth jazz content per-week.

Adult contemporary era

On December 1,

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, the station began playing

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for the holiday season, and announced plans to flip to

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on January 1,

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. On that date, CJGV-FM flipped to a hot AC format branded as simply ''99.1 FM'', before ultimately adopting Corus's " Fresh FM" brand on February 14, 2012. On February 13, 2015, the station rebranded as ''99.1 Fresh Radio'', and segued to a

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format adding more

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crossovers. On December 25, 2016, at 5 p.m., following the conclusion of its Christmas music programming, CJGV-FM re-launched as ''Peggy @ 99.1'' with an adult contemporary format featuring current music and past hits going back to the 1980s. Corus described the station as reflecting "the positive, energetic and fun vibe of Winnipeg while giving listeners the music they want." In March 2017, its call letters were changed to CFPG-FM to match the new branding.

''Country 99''

On September 26, 2023, Corus announced that it had released CFPG's on-air staff, in preparation for a change in format. On December 1, during interim Christmas music programming for the holiday season, Corus announced that CFPG-FM would flip to

as ''Country 99'' on December 27. The new format competes primarily with CFQX-FM and CIUR-FM.

References

External links

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