CJLF-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting a

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format on 100.3 FM in

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. Using the on-air brand name ''Life 100.3'', the station was founded by Scott Jackson in August 1999 and is owned by Trust Communications Ministries, Inc, which is based in Barrie, Ontario. On August 27, 2006, CJLF-FM increased its power from 1.8 kW to 18.7 kW. The power was further increased to 40 kW in January 2007.

Programming

In addition to locally oriented programming, the station has produced nationally syndicated programs like the ''CT-20'' countdown of

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hits.

Transmitters

Expansion

Trust Communications applied twice for a new station in Kitchener- Waterloo with its own schedule and studios, but these applications were rejected in favour of CJTW-FM. Trust Communications applied for a transmitter to serve the

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residents of

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with the first Christian station in the territory (which would rebroadcast CJLF-FM); however, this application was rejected. On September 28, 2011, the CRTC denied Trust's application to increase CJLF-FM-1's power in Owen Sound. On January 28, 2011, the CRTC revoked the licence of

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for regulatory non-compliance. The decision was appealed to the

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, which denied the appeal on April 15, 2011. The CRTC subsequently issued a call for applications to occupy the now-vacant 88.1 FM frequency on September 28, 2011. Trust Communications filed an application to launch a new Christian music radio station in Toronto. The CRTC rejected Trust Communication's application on September 11, 2012, in favour of a new station,

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, owned by Rock 95 FM.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-485
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References

External links

Life 100.3

CJLF-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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