CIOK-FM (100.5
MHz
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) is a Canadian
radio station
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in
Saint John, New Brunswick
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, owned by the
Maritime Broadcasting System
Maritime Broadcasting System Limited, branded as MBS Radio, is a private Canada, Canadian broadcasting company owning 26 radio stations serving several communities in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick.
History
MBS Radio was e ...
. The station currently offers an
adult contemporary
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format branded on-air as ''K100''. Prior to July 2009, it had an
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 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...
format before changing to
CHR/Top 40. As of September 2015, the station moved back to
AC.
Format
The format change happened a little after the same time
CFQM-FM
CFQM-FM (103.9 Hertz, MHz) is a Canadian FM broadcasting, FM radio station broadcasting from Moncton, New Brunswick, and owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System. The station currently airs a classic hits radio format, format and is branded on-a ...
in
Moncton
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changed from an
Adult Contemporary
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format, to a
Classic Hits format in July 2009.
CIOK was being programmed out of Moncton and in order to cut costs, MBS decided that instead of flipping CIOK to a
classic hits format they would change the format to a
CHR/Top 40 format to more effectively compete with rival
CHWV-FM. CIOK-FM's switch to
CHR joined sister station
CKCW-FM
CKCW-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 94.5 FM in Moncton, New Brunswick. The station plays an adult contemporary format branded as ''K94.5'' and is owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System.
History
CKCW originally began broadcasti ...
in Moncton, which moved from
top 40
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to
hot AC
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by that same time.
Nielsen BDS
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later moved the station to the Canadian
hot adult contemporary
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panel after the flip of this station to top 40. In September 2015, the station returned to
adult contemporary
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.
History

On December 3, 1986, Mervyn Russell, representing a company to be incorporated received approval from the
CRTC
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to operate a new FM radio station at Saint John. The station began broadcasting in 1987 with Gary Crowell as the GM, and Jim Goldrich returned to CIOK from working at
CJYQ in
St. John's,
Newfoundland and Labrador
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. CIOK's original studios and offices were on 400 Main Street in Place 400. In the mid-1990s, K100 moved their studios and offices to Union Street, where they are still located. In 1997, the station was purchased by
Newcap Broadcasting and was re-purchased by
MBS Radio in 2005.
CIOK was the long-time radio home of Saint John radio personality Bruce Weaver who hosted CIOK's morning show from 1991 to 2002 and made CIOK #1 in the ratings during that time.
CIOK announcers along with the announcers of two other MBS stations and support staff continue went on strike for a fair deal, which was achieved in 2012.
Ads
Although the station's reports are not on
Mediabase
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, the station's ads were exactly the same as sister
hot adult contemporary
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station
CKCW-FM
CKCW-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 94.5 FM in Moncton, New Brunswick. The station plays an adult contemporary format branded as ''K94.5'' and is owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System.
History
CKCW originally began broadcasti ...
in
Moncton
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; however,
Mediabase
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now lists the station as of March
2011
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for adds on the same Canadian
hot AC
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panel as rival CHWV-FM. As of August
2011
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, MBS's website identifies CIOK-FM, and sister station
CKCW-FM
CKCW-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 94.5 FM in Moncton, New Brunswick. The station plays an adult contemporary format branded as ''K94.5'' and is owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System.
History
CKCW originally began broadcasti ...
's, formats as being
top 40
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or
CHR.
References
External links
K100CIOK-FMat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the
Canadian Communications Foundation
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