CJBZ-FM (93.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to Lethbridge,

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, it serves the Taber/Lethbridge region. The station is currently owned by the

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. The station originally began broadcasting in

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as CKTA which operated at 1570 AM, until the station moved to its current frequency 93.3 FM in

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

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 ...

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it shifted to adult hits and adopted its current branding and callsign and later to CHR/Top 40 in

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

. CJBZ has since shifted to a hot adult contemporary format. CJBZ airs ''

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'' with

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on Saturday evenings at 6 PM and on Sunday mornings at 9 AM.

Previous callsigns

* CKTA (1974-1987, 1993-2000) * CFEZ (1987-1993) * CHHK (2000-2004) * CJBZ (2004–present)

References

External links

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