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Radio station in Kamloops, British Columbia
CKBZ-FM
is a
radio station
in
Kamloops
,
British Columbia
,
Canada
. Broadcasting at 100.1
FM
, the station airs a
hot adult contemporary
format (per reporting status on
Mediabase
) branded as
B-100
. The station is currently owned by the
Jim Pattison Group
.
The station was first launched in 1926 as
CFJC
1120 AM, owned by the local N. S. Dalgliesh & Son department store. It was acquired by the
Kamloops Sentinel
in 1932, and changed frequency the following year to 1310. The station became an affiliate of the
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
, a corporate precursor to the
CBC
, and retained an affiliation with
CBC Radio's main network
afterward. Its frequency subsequently changed to 800 AM in 1934, 880 in 1935 and 910 in 1941. The
Sentinel
finally sold the station to Inland Broadcasters in 1957.
Sister station
CFJC-FM
was launched in 1962.
CFJC dropped its CBC affiliation in 1977 when the CBC launched
CBYK-FM
, then a local rebroadcaster of
Vancouver
's
CBU
. The station then moved to its final AM frequency, 550, in 1979.
CFJC and its FM sister station were acquired by the Jim Pattison Group, their current owner, in 1987. Pattison converted CFJC to its current FM frequency,
adult contemporary
format and call sign in 2001.
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By December
2010
, the station switched formats to
hot adult contemporary
, dropping most
classic hits
from the playlist, and going head-to-head up against
rock
-leaning
CHR/Top 40
station
CKRV-FM
(which had been
hot AC
up until 2010). CKBZ-FM had been a reporter on the
Mediabase
&
Nielsen BDS
Canadian hot adult contemporary panels before the switch to hot AC. CKBZ-FM was the last
adult contemporary
station reporter on the Mediabase Canadian hot AC panels, while the only non-hot AC stations on those panels such as CKRV-FM,
CHSU-FM
and
CICF-FM
are
CHR
instead.
Rebroadcasters
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The Logan Lake TV Society also rebroadcasts CKBZ at 91.1 FM in their area.
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References
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External links
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50°40′15″N
120°23′55″W
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50.67083°N 120.39861°W
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50.67083; -120.39861