CJFB-FM is a
Canadian radio station that broadcasts a
Classic hits/
Variety hits format which operates at 102.7
FM in
Bolton, Ontario. The station is branded as Moose FM.
History
Rick Sargent, the owner of the station, was given approval by the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...
(CRTC) on October 15, 2007 to broadcast on the frequency 105.5 FM at Bolton. The new station will offer an eclectic
adult contemporary music format that will feature
pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
,
rock,
country,
folk,
blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...
,
jazz and
classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...
including local, Canadian, and emerging artists. CJFB-FM was also a
community radio/tourist information station.
The station was branded as ''B105.5'' or ''The B''.
On April 9, 2008, the station submitted an application to convert
CFGM-FM
CFGM-FM was a Canadian radio station, which aired at 102.7 MHz ( FM) in Caledon, Ontario. Originally licensed in 2007 to broadcast a tourist information format, it expanded into a commercial adult contemporary music station in 2009, but was disc ...
102.7
Caledon to a transmitter of CJFB-FM. That application was denied on July 31, 2008.
On March 14, 2012, the CRTC approved the application by
Haliburton Broadcasting Group Inc. for authority to acquire from Rick Sargent the assets of CJFB-FM and CFGM-FM, and for broadcasting licences to continue the operation of the stations.
On April 23, 2012
Vista Broadcast Group, which owns a number of radio stations in western Canada, announced a deal to acquire
Haliburton Broadcasting, in cooperation with Westerkirk Capital. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012.
On May 4, 2015, Vista received approval from the CRTC to change the frequency of CJFB-FM from 105.5 MHz 102.7 MHz. The CRTC also approved a change the station's authorized contours by increasing the average effective radiated power (ERP) from 50 to 1,565 watts (maximum ERP from 50 to 4,000 watts), changing the antenna's radiation pattern from non-directional to directional and decreasing its effective height above average terrain (EHAAT) from 15.7 to -22 metres. Vista has also submitted a separate application to revoke the licence for CFGM-FM 102.7 MHz.
Vista Radio received extensions from the CRTC to April 15, 2020 and was given a third, and final, extension to October 15, 2020 to relocate CFJB-FM 105.5 MHz in Bolton, Ontario to 102.7 MHz and increase the power from 50 to 1,100 watts.
In August 2021, Vista announced that CJFB-FM will be relaunching the station at 102.7 MHz with a new format and branding in September 2021. On September 3, 2021 at 11:00 AM EDT, Vista launched the radio station as ''
Moose FM'' with a classic hits and variety hits format which will feature a high energy mix from some of the greatest music performers from the 1960s to today. The first song played on 102.7 Moose FM was "
Start Me Up
"Start Me Up" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1981 album ''Tattoo You''. Released as the album's lead single, it reached number one on Australian Kent Music Report, number two in Canada, number two on the ''Bi ...
" by
The Rolling Stones.
Vista Radio launches 102.7 Moose FM in Bolton, ON
''Broadcast Dialogue'', September 3, 2021
References
External links
My Bolton Now
- Moose FM 102.7
Radio Caledon
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Radio stations established in 2007
2007 establishments in Ontario