CJNB is a

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that broadcasts a

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format at 1050 AM in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Owned by the

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, it is headquartered alongside its sister stations CJCQ-FM and CJHD-FM at 1711 100th Street in North Battleford.

History and programming

The station was launched in 1947. Along with

CJNS-FM CJNS-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a country format at 102.3 FM in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. CJNS is owned by the Jim Pattison Group. The station provides some 30 hours of local programming a week, 6 hours per day, Monday to ...

, an FM satellite station in Meadow Lake, the stations serve a significant area of rural central Saskatchewan. The station also broadcasts hockey games for the

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of the SJHL. In 2006, CJNB applied to convert from the AM dial to the FM dial at 102.9 MHz. That application was denied by the CRTC on January 4, 2007. On July 10, 2014,

Rawlco Communications 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 Downtown Sa ...

announced the sale of its North Battleford radio stations to the

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1050 CJNB
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