CJRX-FM (106.7

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, the station airs a

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format branded as ''106.7 Rock''.

History

The station was founded as CJOC in 1926, named after its founder, Jock Palmer. In 1928, it was bought by Taylor Pearson & Carson, which evolved into Selkirk Communications. Originally on 1100 AM, it moved to 1120 in 1928, 1400 in 1942 and 1220 in 1960. The station was a founding affiliate of the

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in 1936 and then of its Trans-Canada Network until 1962 when it became a CBC Radio network affiliate. The station disaffiliated in 1978. Along with most of Selkirk's radio holdings, CJOC was sold to Rogers in 1989 after Selkirk merged with

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. On January 19,

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CJOC moved to FM under new call letters, CJRX-FM. With the new frequency and call letters also came with a change in genre, from

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to rock.Decision CRTC 2000-21
/ref> In June 2016, ''Rock 106'' slightly rebranded to ''106.7 Rock''.

References

External links

106.7 Rock

CJRX-FM
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