CKNI-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting on 91.9
FM in
Moncton
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. Th ...
,
New Brunswick
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. Owned by
Acadia Broadcasting
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, the station broadcasts an
adult contemporary
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format branded as ''91.9 The Bend''. CKNI's studios and offices are located at Jones Lake Place on Main Street in Moncton.
History
On November 26, 2004,
Rogers Media
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Operations
Current television brands owned by Rogers include two television sys ...
received CRTC approval to operate a new
English-language
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commercial FM
news
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/
talk radio station at 91.9 FM in
Moncton
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. Th ...
,
New Brunswick
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.
CKNI's first broadcast was on October 11, 2005 with studios located on Assomption Boulevard in downtown Moncton. CKNI was networked with sister stations
CHNI-FM
CHNI-FM (88.9 MHz) is a Canadian FM radio station in Saint John, New Brunswick. The station airs a classic/active rock format branded as ''Q88.9''. It is owned by the Stingray Group.
History
On November 26, 2004, Rogers Media received CRTC a ...
in
Saint John (which has since been sold to
Newcap Radio
Stingray Radio Inc. is a Canadian radio broadcasting conglomerate owned by Stingray Group. It owns and operates 101 radio stations in Canada, making it the largest radio conglomerate in Canada. It also once owned two now-defunct television statio ...
and flipped to a
rock
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format in July 2014), and
CJNI-FM
CJNI-FM (95.7 MHz) is a Canadian radio station in Halifax, Nova Scotia. CJNI has a news-- talk--sports format branded as ''95.7 NewsRadio Halifax''. The station is owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media, which also owns siste ...
in
Halifax. Broadcasts included the national award-winning morning news/talk show ''The Morning News with Allan Dearing and Tara Clow'' from 6 to 10am weekdays. CKNI also broadcast
Moncton Wildcats
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,
Ottawa Senators
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and
Toronto Blue Jays
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games.
On March 31, 2014, CKNI was sold to
Acadia Broadcasting
Acadia Broadcasting Limited is a Canadian radio broadcasting Broadcast network, network that operates 5 FM broadcasting, FM radio Radio broadcasting, stations in Northwestern Ontario and 10 in the Atlantic Canada, Atlantic Canadian provinces of New ...
.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-116
CKNI-FM Moncton – Acquisition of assets and licence amendments, ''CRTC'', March 14, 2014 On August 8, 2014, CKNI flipped to adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...
, branded as ''91.9 The Bend''.
References
External links
*
CKNI-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
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Radio stations established in 2004
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