CJDJ-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 102.1 FM in

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. The station, owned by

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, broadcasts an

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format as ''Rock 102''. It shares studio space with sister stations CFMC and

CKOM CKOM is a radio station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada broadcasting on 650 kHz. Its format is news/ talk. It shares studio space with sister stations CFMC-FM and CJDJ-FM at 715 Saskatchewan Crescent West, also the home of Rawlco Radio's ...

at 715 Saskatchewan Crescent West, also the home of

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's Corporate Offices.

History

The station received approval by the CRTC in 1989 Decision CRTC 89-389
/ref> and originally launched in 1990 as CHSN-FM, 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 ...

station branded as ''Sun 102'' and owned by Highline Broadcasting. The station was later purchased by Elmer Hildebrand, and operated by Rawlco under a local management agreement with the name ''102.1 the River''. In 1998 the call letters were changed to

, and the station changed to a format similar to the

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previously played on 650 AM. The AM station became CINT, broadcasting as ''650 NTR'' with a

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/ talk format that it retains to this day. CKOM FM102 was later purchased by

Rawlco Rawlco Radio Ltd. is a media company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The company is the sole proprietor of seven radio stations in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Rawlco Radio Corporate Office is just south of Central Busi ...

on December 21, 2000. Noting market demand for a dedicated

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station in the city, on April 18, 2001, at 6 a.m. Saskatoon time, CKOM-FM changed its format from

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, styling itself as CKOM ''Rock 102''. In 2002, the CKOM call letters returned to 650 AM, giving way to the current name and call letters. The CHSN-FM callsign and format were subsequently adopted by

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on a new station in

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References

External links

Rock 102CJDJ-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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