CJVR-FM is a Canadian

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broadcasting at 105.1 FM in Melfort,

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. Owned by the

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, the station airs a

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format. It is located with sister station

CKJH CKJH is a radio station licensed to Melfort, Saskatchewan. Owned by the Jim Pattison Group, it broadcasts an adult hits format branded as ''Beach Radio''. The station is headquartered alongside CJVR-FM in studios at 611 Main Street. CKJH 750 ai ...

at 611 Main Street.

History

The station received

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approval on December 7, 2001 and originally began broadcasting in FM on March 1, 2002. CJVR is currently a sister station of

, which first went on the air in 2002. CJVR originally went to air on October 8, 1966 at 1420 AM. In 1995, CJVR moved to 750 AM, where it remained until March 1, 2002 when it switched to FM. On November 1, 2018, the

acquired Fabmar Communications. The sale made CKJH and CJVR-FM sisters to Jim Pattison Broadcast Group's cluster in Prince Albert.

Rebroadcasters

References

External links

105 CJVR

CJVR-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the

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