CIQC-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a

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format at 99.7 FM in Campbell River,

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. The station was originally known as ''99.7 The River'' with an

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format before rebranding as ''99.7 2day FM'' and is owned by

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. The station originally began broadcasting at 1490 AM in 1963, with the call sign CFWB. On August 30, 2007, the

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(CRTC) partially approved an application by

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to convert the station to the FM band but required the station to choose a different frequency than it had originally applied for. The station subsequently applied for the 99.7 frequency, which was approved on March 19, 2008.Decision CRTC 2008-64
/ref> On December 10, 2008, CFWB moved from the AM band to the FM band and rebranded itself as ''99.7 The River''. CFWB's callsign was changed to CIQC-FM on the same day. In the summer of 2014, the station rebranded as ''99.7 2day FM'', with a

format. In September 2021, the station rebranded back to ''99.7 The River''.

Rebroadcasters

References

Former Logo

External links

99.7 The River

CIQC-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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