CJCH-FM

For the radio station in Edmonton that uses the same logo and format, see CHBN-FM.

CJCH-FM

City of license	Halifax Regional Municipality
Branding	101.3 The BOUNCE
Slogan	Halifax's #1 Hit Music Station
Frequency	101.3 MHz (FM)
First air date	November 14, 1944 (AM) May 30, 2008 (FM)
Format	CHR-Pop
ERP	100,000 watts
Callsign meaning	CJ Chronicle-Herald (Newspaper)
Owner	Bell Media (Bell Media Radio)
Sister stations	CIOO-FM, CJCH-DT
Website	101.3 The BOUNCE

CJCH-FM is a Canadian radio station owned by Bell Media. It broadcasts on the FM band at 101.3 MHz from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Coincident with its move to FM on May 30, 2008, the station adopted the moniker "101.3 The BOUNCE" and a rhythmic contemporary/top 40 format. The "BOUNCE" logo and fonts were patterned after CHBN-FM in Edmonton, Alberta, which, until 2010, was under the same ownership as CJCH.

Prior to May 30, 2008, it operated at 920 kHz (AM) as "AM 92/CJCH" with an oldies music format.

Station history

The station was established on November 14, 1944 by the Halifax Chronicle, and acquired in 1970 by CHUM Limited. It was co-owned with the city's CJCH-TV until 1997, when CHUM sold the television station to CTV. The approval by the CRTC of the acquisition of CHUM by CTVglobemedia has again brought the stations under common ownership as of June 22, 2007.

For many years, CJCH was a very popular Top 40 station and is credited as the original Top 40 radio station in the area. In 1983, it began broadcasting in AM Stereo. Also, it was once a close rival of another Halifax station, CHNS specifically during the 1970s. In the late 1980s, the station shifted to oldies due to the decline of hit music stations on AM radio. In January 1993, the station switched to a Classic Rock format. A year later it switched format again and became known as "All Rock and Roll Oldies 92/CJCH". In May 1995, it switched to a news/talk format and became known as "News/Talk Radio 920/CJCH". In 2001, CHUM started a sports radio network known as "The Team". CJCH joined this network and became "The Team 920" on May 7. On August 27, 2002, The Team network was shut down and CJCH flipped to an oldies format, becoming "AM 920/CJCH - Yesterday's Favourites".

In July 2006, rival CHNS, an oldies station, switched from AM to FM and adopted a classic rock format. CJCH became the number one oldies station in Halifax. Its oldies format was unique in that it boasted a mid-morning call in program called "The Hotline" with host Rick Howe, who has worked with CJCH in the past.

On August 31, 2007, CTVglobemedia applied to the CRTC to move CJCH from AM 920 to FM 101.3, with approval given on November 30, 2007. The application originally indicated that CJCH would retain its oldies format. Industry Canada required a three week test on 101.3 FM, which began on May 8, 2008.

On May 30, 2008 at 10:00am AST, the last oldies song finished playing on 920 CJCH as the station went silent on AM and the new station launched on 101.3 FM with a new CHR format. The first song aired was Kanye West's "Stronger". The station did not take advantage of its right to simulcast on both frequencies for three months as is customary in such cases. This puts the station in direct competition with CKHZ-FM, whose musical direction favors Rhythmic and Dance product, targeted towards young adults.

On April 1, 2011, Bell Canada completed its acquisition of 100% of the shares in CTVglobemedia it didn't already own and named the new division Bell Media.

Because of Bell Media (and its predecessor, CTVglobemedia) rolling out classic hits stations in markets such as Winnipeg on CHIQ-FM and Kitchener on CKKW-FM, rumours say CJCH-FM may flip to that format to go up against adult hits station CKUL-FM (owned by Newcap Broadcasting) as a result of playlist overlap with sister adult top 40 station CIOO-FM. This is more likely to happen now that CHBN-FM in Edmonton has been sold to Rogers Radio.

Programming

CJCH has a full on-air staff that includes: The Morning BOUNCE (Frankie Hollywood and Ana), Midday/Music Director Mel B, Afternoons with Turk, The 5 O'Clock Mix Down with Special Ed, The Evening Show with Jax, and Late Nights with Tessa. Weekend personality R$ $mooth is also featured on the 5 o'clock mix down every week day. CJCH also carries a variety of specialty programming including the "The Baka Boyz", The MTV Pop Countdown and PEREZentertainment.

External links

• 101.3 The BOUNCE
• CJCH history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CJCH-FM