CIRX-FM is a Canadian

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broadcasting at 94.3 FM in

Prince George, British Columbia Prince George is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 74,004 in the metropolitan area. It is often called the province's "northern capital" or sometimes the "spruce capital" because it is the hub city for ...

. The station airs an

active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge ...

format branded on-air as "94.3 The Goat". The station was launched in 1983 with the call sign CIBC, and was later changed to CIRX. It had most of the time been Prince George's only rock station until

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, when CKDV-FM (formerly CKPG) launched with a

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, prim ...

format. By

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, the station began moving towards an

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alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...

format, but mellowed out by the late 2000s. As of 2011, due to CKDV-FM switching to

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 198 ...

, CIRX-FM is once again the only rock station in Prince George. CIRX is currently owned by

Vista Broadcast Group Vista Radio Ltd. (also formerly known as Vista Broadcast Group) is a Canadian radio broadcasting company. The company only owned stations in British Columbia until 2007, when it expanded outside the province by acquiring an existing station in Ye ...

, which also owns

CJCI-FM CJCI-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.3 FM in Prince George, British Columbia, owned by Vista Radio. The station currently airs a country music format using its on-air brand name as Country 97 FM. The station was launched in 197 ...

. On May 30, 2014, the station was rebranded as ''94.3 The Goat'' with no change in format. In March 2018, CIRX's repeater in Vanderhoof became a full-time feed of

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after the station's transmitter was damaged.

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94.3 The Goat
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