CJDV-FM
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| City of license | Kitchener, Ontario |
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| Broadcast area | Waterloo Region |
| Branding | 107.5 Dave FM |
| Slogan | Tri-Cities' Best Rock |
| Frequency | 107.5 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1954 (AM) 1998 (FM 92.9 MHz) 2003 (FM 107.5 MHz) |
| Format | Mainstream rock |
| Power | 2,500 watts |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| Class | A |
| Callsign meaning | C J DaVe |
| Former callsigns | CKGR, CFTJ, CIAM, CIZN |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment |
| Sister stations | CKBT-FM |
| Website | 107.5 Dave FM |
CJDV-FM, branded as 107.5 Dave FM, is a mainstream rock radio station, broadcasting at 107.5 FM in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, with offices in Kitchener.
[edit] History
In 1954, Galt Broadcasting launched CKGR, 1110 AM, a daytimer. With an ownership change in 1956, the station adopted the new call sign CFTJ.
In 1975, CFTJ moved to AM 1320, and CKKW in nearby Kitchener moved from 1320 to 1090. Concurrently with this change, CFTJ moved to 24-hour broadcasting. This was planned as a temporary move — with CFGM in Richmond Hill scheduled to move to the 1320 frequency in 1978, CFTJ moved again to AM 960 in 1977.
In 1987, the station changed its call sign again, to CIAM, and was acquired by Kawartha Broadcasting. Kawartha became a division of Power Broadcasting in 1989.
On June 25, 1997, the station was licensed by the CRTC to move to the FM band.[1] It completed the move on May 25, 1998, launching on 92.9 FM with the new call sign CIZN-FM and a hot adult contemporary format branded as "The Zone".
In 2000, the station was purchased by its current owner, Corus Entertainment. Corus applied to the CRTC to move the station's frequency to 107.5 in 2002, due to the weak 92.9 signal impairing the station's financial stability. On February 14, 2003, the station received CRTC approval.[2] CIZN left the air on July 20, 2003, and on July 21 the station relaunched on 107.5 FM with its current call sign "CJDV" and adopted an adults hits format known as "107.5 Dave FM, 80's, 90's, Anything We Feel Like." The hot AC format was moved to sister station CIMJ-FM 106.1 in nearby Guelph, replacing adult contemporary for good on that station.
In 2006, the CRTC denied Corus's application to increase CJDV-FM's average effective radiated power (ERP) from 2,500 watts to 6,800 watts. [3] In certain regions of its market area, CJDV-FM has experienced recurring co-channel interference from CKMB-FM in Barrie, Ontario which also operates at 107.5 MHz.
In mid-January 2009, the adult hits format was tweaked, and Dave FM adjusted its format to mainstream rock. The station's new slogan is "Tri-Cities Best Rock", while its airstaff and branding remain intact as Dave FM.
On August 14, 2009, CJDV moved into a new state of the art broadcast facility with sister station CKBT at Sportsworld Drive and Highway 8 near the Cambridge/Kitchener city limits.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- 107.5 Dave FM
- CJDV History at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CJDV-FM
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