CJME (980 AM) is a

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, Canada. Its format is

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. It shares studios with sister stations

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and

CKCK-FM CKCK-FM is a radio station in Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan. Owned by Rawlco Communications, it broadcasts an adult hits format branded as ''Jack FM, Jack 94.5''. CKCK's studios and offices are located at 2401 Saskatchewan Drive in R ...

at 2401 Saskatchewan Drive in Regina.

History

CJME was founded and signed on the air on November 25, 1959, by a group of businessmen led by J. Marsh Ellis, a former radio salesman. Its original format was

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, but the station was not successful until it began playing

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music in 1963. In 1967, CJME was purchased by the Rawlinson family, owners of CKBI radio and

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. Their company later came to be called

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. Continuing its successful top 40 format, the station was renamed as ''CJME Power 13'' in early 1987. During its 25th anniversary of being a

station on April 7, 1988; a random mix of former songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s started to mix in for a short time, although still continued to air a strong top 40 focus. By the 1990s the station's format had evolved from Top 40 to

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. In 1998, CJME relaunched as ''News Talk CJME'', forming a network with Saskatoon station

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, then known as NTR. At midnight on September 7, 1998, the last song played on CJME was " American Pie" by

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, then the station stunted a loop recording of "a new station is coming" for an entire day. At 5:30AM on September 8, 1998, CJME was relaunched as a

radio station. In 2001, CJME moved from their longtime position at 1300 kHz to the 980 kHz frequency. On September 11, 2006, the station changed its on-air brand from ''980 CJME'' to ''News Talk 980''. In late 2008, the station added the CJME call letters back to its on-air brand, becoming known as 'News Talk 980 CJME'. On September 29, 2009, CJME applied to add new FM

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s to extend its coverage into south Saskatchewan. The new transmitters would be located at

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(107.1),

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(101.7) and

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(107.3), all with the ERP of 100,000 watts. This application received CRTC approval on February 26, 2010.

Rebroadcasters

Programming

Most of CJME's weekday lineup is shared with its Saskatoon sister station

, including ''The Evan Bray Show'', ''Saskatchewan Afternoon'' with Justin Blackwell, and

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show ''The Green Zone'' with Jamie Nye and

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on afternoon drive. A local morning show is hosted by former CFRE anchor Greg Morgan. In November 2023,

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announced that he would end his program on CJME/CKOM after 25 years; former Regina police chief Evan Bray was announced as his successor beginning November 27, 2023.

Current and former on-air personalities

* Greg Morgan *

* Jamie Nye * Murray Wood * Sarah Mills *

Stu Jeffries Stuart Robert (Stu) Jeffries (born May 10, 1960)"Morning man: Day in the Life". ''The Province'', June 25, 1989. is a Canadians, Canadian radio and television broadcaster. Best known as the host of CBC Television's ''Good Rockin' Tonite'' from 1986 ...

* Dave Arnold * Harry Dekker * Darren Lamb * Hart Kirsch * Craig Peters

References

External links

News Talk 980 CJME

CJME-AM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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Radio stations established in 1959 1959 establishments in Saskatchewan