Knowledge (XXG)

CJYQ

Source 📝

426:. This may have caused some minor confusion as VOCM had occasionally used that name for group branding in prior years. Since the changeover, CJYQ has in fact even exceeded its higher requirements, with almost 80% Newfoundland content. However, it continues to be a largely automated station with few regular on-air staff, although the station does air some long-form magazine programs on the weekend. 25: 458:
branding in April 2010 to coincide with the launch of a new Newcap-owned tourism portal of the same name. On January 28, 2014, a fire destroyed CJYQ's broadcasting tower, knocking the station of off the air. It transmitted over the Internet until repairs were completed in February. On April 14, 2015,
405:
as it was known under Newcap, continued to be an apparently viable station until the late 1990s, when the station was quietly switched to full-time automation, dropping all but a bare minimum of announcers (shared with CKIX and later VOCM) to read weather forecasts and other brief segments. In 2000,
410:
group, the longtime rival of CJYQ, it proposed to keep the latter station, which it would not have normally been entitled to do in a market the size of St. John's (where the maximum number of stations per ownership group is three). In exchange the station would air a greater amount of Canadian
1516: 471: 629: 419: 367:
In 1978, Jamieson transferred his interest in Newfoundland Broadcasting to Stirling in exchange for the AM stations. As part of the deal, the stations changed call signs, in CJON's case to
433:, as a result of the province's official name change in 2001. However, this was not a reflection of the station's actual brand at the time; in fact, the station's signal does not reach 398:, which quickly converted the AM stations outside St. John's to country (fed from CKIX). Two of the stations were closed soon after, while the others eventually converted to FM. 1463: 271: 1306: 1521: 1316: 657: 321: 130: 1526: 571: 596: 1452: 552: 1437: 624: 412: 429:
As Radio Newfoundland, the station occasionally played station IDs recorded by Newfoundland musicians that opted to call the station
1477: 108: 1299: 143: 437:, and little if any of the station's programming or music originated there. (Newcap did have a separate operation branded as 46: 1132: 1447: 1292: 1227: 650: 620: 89: 35: 495: 357: 61: 586: 506:
games over the air from October 2011 to April 2017. Additionally, audio streams of the games are linked on all
281: 499: 1284: 1442: 643: 68: 42: 503: 75: 1188: 411:
content than required (40% instead of 35%), of which at least half (or 20% overall) would have to be
395: 1249: 1165: 1103: 677: 57: 1170: 1137: 592: 1178: 1147: 1364: 1330: 1237: 1193: 1142: 788: 719: 317: 1273: 1222: 1198: 1160: 1152: 666: 507: 353: 329: 214: 206: 1510: 1203: 1183: 483: 451:
network, and airs a mix of adult contemporary music outside of network programming.)
387: 333: 246: 181: 364:
in 1955. The company later launched additional AM stations throughout the province.
1268: 379: 191: 176: 82: 528: 1320: 674: 24: 688: 1492: 1479: 1415: 1338: 778: 733: 460: 448: 407: 220: 150: 1372: 1343: 434: 371:. All the new call signs ended in "Q", so the group became known as the 1410: 1405: 1400: 1395: 1390: 1385: 1380: 1116: 1111: 1092: 1087: 1082: 1077: 1072: 1067: 1062: 1057: 1052: 1047: 1042: 1037: 1032: 1027: 1022: 1017: 1012: 1007: 1002: 997: 992: 987: 982: 977: 972: 967: 962: 957: 952: 947: 942: 937: 932: 927: 922: 917: 912: 907: 902: 897: 892: 887: 882: 877: 872: 867: 862: 857: 852: 847: 842: 837: 832: 827: 822: 817: 812: 807: 802: 797: 439: 391: 361: 228: 224: 1420: 422:
permitted this, and at noon on September 8, 2000, the station became
383: 325: 588:
How Canadians Communicate III: Contexts of Canadian Popular Culture
469: 156: 635: 529:"Radio Station VOWR Still Assessing Extent of Damage After Storm" 1348: 773: 768: 763: 758: 753: 743: 738: 728: 287: 1288: 639: 470: 615: 305: 18: 394:, was launched. In 1990, the stations were sold again to 352:
and was owned by the Newfoundland Broadcasting Company (
1517:
Radio stations in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
382:. During CHUM's ownership, the Q Radio stations became 459:
the country music format that had previously aired on
16:
Radio station in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
1464:
List of radio stations in Newfoundland and Labrador
1362: 1328: 1261: 1236: 1212: 1125: 1101: 787: 718: 673: 301: 296: 280: 270: 265: 252: 239: 234: 212: 202: 197: 187: 175: 170: 162: 149: 139: 126: 49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 572:"Bas Jamieson, iconic open-line host, dies at 85" 463:moved to CJYQ, which coincidentally rebranded as 498:games over the air, the last two seasons of the 623:at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the 1300: 651: 8: 447:) however, this station is part of the main 336:format, the station is currently branded as 121: 1307: 1293: 1285: 658: 644: 636: 120: 478:On April 30, 2021, CJYQ was rebranded as 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 1434:Newfoundland and Labrador radio markets 519: 486:-formatted stations owned by Stingray. 378:In 1983, Jamieson sold the stations to 406:when Newcap proposed to purchase the 322:St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 131:St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 7: 632:in the REC Canadian station database 566: 564: 348:The station was launched in 1950 as 47:adding citations to reliable sources 585:Beaty, Bart; Briton, Derek (2010). 625:Canadian Communications Foundation 14: 456:This is Newfoundland and Labrador 1522:Country radio stations in Canada 23: 431:Radio Newfoundland and Labrador 386:stations, while a new co-owned 34:needs additional citations for 591:. Athabasca University Press. 1: 1527:Stingray Group radio stations 1228:Stingray Music International 144:St. John's Metropolitan Area 1543: 1133:PalmarèsADISQ par Stingray 1429: 494:CJYQ previously carried 454:The station adopted its 320:) is a radio station in 702:François-Charles Sirois 557:. The Montreal Gazette. 1315:Radio stations in the 496:St. John's Maple Leafs 475: 1493:47.57917°N 52.78639°W 1453:Southern Newfoundland 1254:Stingray Music Videos 508:Steele Communications 500:St. John's Fog Devils 473: 266:Technical information 1438:Central Newfoundland 1189:Stingray Naturescape 1157:Stingray Festival 4K 554:The Montreal Gazette 482:to align with other 43:improve this article 1498:47.57917; -52.78639 1489: /  1175:Stingray Latin Hits 396:Newcap Broadcasting 123: 1250:Stingray iConcerts 1166:Stingray iConcerts 1126:Specialty channels 574:. 16 January 2014. 504:St. John's IceCaps 476: 424:Radio Newfoundland 413:Newfoundland music 360:), which launched 1472: 1471: 1282: 1281: 1219:Stingray Business 1171:Stingray Juicebox 1138:Stingray Classica 598:978-1-897425-59-6 311: 310: 292:3,500 watts night 254:Former call signs 119: 118: 111: 93: 1534: 1504: 1503: 1501: 1500: 1499: 1494: 1490: 1487: 1486: 1485: 1482: 1416:CBAF-FM-17 105.9 1309: 1302: 1295: 1286: 1246:Stingray Karaoke 1179:Stingray Lite TV 1148:Stingray Country 693:Jacques Parisien 685:Claudine Blondin 660: 653: 646: 637: 603: 602: 582: 576: 575: 568: 559: 558: 549: 543: 542: 540: 539: 524: 465:930 KIXX Country 403:Classic Hits Q93 124: 114: 107: 103: 100: 94: 92: 51: 27: 19: 1542: 1541: 1537: 1536: 1535: 1533: 1532: 1531: 1507: 1506: 1497: 1495: 1491: 1488: 1483: 1480: 1478: 1476: 1475: 1473: 1468: 1457: 1425: 1411:CBAX-FM-2 101.9 1358: 1324: 1313: 1283: 1278: 1257: 1238:Video on demand 1232: 1208: 1194:Stingray Now 4K 1143:Stingray CMusic 1121: 1097: 783: 714: 711:Frederic Lavoie 708:Pascal Tremblay 669: 664: 616:New Country 930 612: 607: 606: 599: 584: 583: 579: 570: 569: 562: 551: 550: 546: 537: 535: 527:Smyth *, Jeff. 526: 525: 521: 516: 492: 480:New Country 930 373:Q Radio Network 346: 338:New Country 930 306:newcountrynl.ca 291: 255: 242: 217: 215:Sister stations 166:New Country 930 135: 115: 104: 98: 95: 52: 50: 40: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1540: 1538: 1530: 1529: 1524: 1519: 1509: 1508: 1470: 1469: 1467: 1466: 1461: 1456: 1455: 1450: 1445: 1440: 1435: 1431: 1430: 1427: 1426: 1424: 1423: 1418: 1413: 1408: 1403: 1398: 1393: 1388: 1383: 1378: 1375: 1369: 1367: 1360: 1359: 1357: 1356: 1351: 1346: 1341: 1335: 1333: 1326: 1325: 1314: 1312: 1311: 1304: 1297: 1289: 1280: 1279: 1277: 1276: 1274:Stingray Brava 1271: 1265: 1263: 1259: 1258: 1256: 1255: 1252: 1247: 1243: 1241: 1234: 1233: 1231: 1230: 1225: 1223:Stingray Music 1220: 1216: 1214: 1213:Audio services 1210: 1209: 1207: 1206: 1201: 1199:Stingray Retro 1196: 1191: 1186: 1181: 1176: 1173: 1168: 1163: 1161:Stingray Hits! 1158: 1155: 1153:Stingray Djazz 1150: 1145: 1140: 1135: 1129: 1127: 1123: 1122: 1120: 1119: 1114: 1108: 1106: 1099: 1098: 1096: 1095: 1090: 1085: 1080: 1075: 1070: 1065: 1060: 1055: 1050: 1045: 1040: 1035: 1030: 1025: 1020: 1015: 1010: 1005: 1000: 995: 990: 985: 980: 975: 970: 965: 960: 955: 950: 945: 940: 935: 930: 925: 920: 915: 910: 905: 900: 895: 890: 885: 880: 875: 870: 865: 860: 855: 850: 845: 840: 835: 830: 825: 820: 815: 810: 805: 800: 794: 792: 785: 784: 782: 781: 776: 771: 766: 761: 756: 751: 746: 741: 736: 731: 725: 723: 716: 715: 713: 712: 709: 706: 703: 700: 697: 694: 691: 686: 682: 680: 671: 670: 667:Stingray Group 665: 663: 662: 655: 648: 640: 634: 633: 627: 618: 611: 610:External links 608: 605: 604: 597: 577: 560: 544: 518: 517: 515: 512: 502:, and carried 491: 488: 443:(now known as 440:Radio Labrador 354:Geoff Stirling 345: 342: 330:Stingray Group 309: 308: 303: 299: 298: 294: 293: 284: 278: 277: 274: 268: 267: 263: 262: 256: 253: 250: 249: 243: 241:First air date 240: 237: 236: 232: 231: 218: 213: 210: 209: 207:Stingray Group 204: 200: 199: 195: 194: 189: 185: 184: 179: 173: 172: 168: 167: 164: 160: 159: 153: 147: 146: 141: 140:Broadcast area 137: 136: 134: 133: 127: 117: 116: 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1539: 1528: 1525: 1523: 1520: 1518: 1515: 1514: 1512: 1505: 1502: 1465: 1462: 1459: 1458: 1454: 1451: 1449: 1446: 1444: 1441: 1439: 1436: 1433: 1432: 1428: 1422: 1419: 1417: 1414: 1412: 1409: 1407: 1406:CKSJ-FM 101.1 1404: 1402: 1399: 1397: 1394: 1392: 1389: 1387: 1384: 1382: 1379: 1376: 1374: 1373:CBN-1-FM 88.5 1371: 1370: 1368: 1366: 1361: 1355: 1352: 1350: 1347: 1345: 1342: 1340: 1337: 1336: 1334: 1332: 1327: 1322: 1318: 1310: 1305: 1303: 1298: 1296: 1291: 1290: 1287: 1275: 1272: 1270: 1267: 1266: 1264: 1260: 1253: 1251: 1248: 1245: 1244: 1242: 1239: 1235: 1229: 1226: 1224: 1221: 1218: 1217: 1215: 1211: 1205: 1204:Stingray Vibe 1202: 1200: 1197: 1195: 1192: 1190: 1187: 1185: 1184:Stingray Loud 1182: 1180: 1177: 1174: 1172: 1169: 1167: 1164: 1162: 1159: 1156: 1154: 1151: 1149: 1146: 1144: 1141: 1139: 1136: 1134: 1131: 1130: 1128: 1124: 1118: 1115: 1113: 1110: 1109: 1107: 1105: 1100: 1094: 1091: 1089: 1086: 1084: 1081: 1079: 1076: 1074: 1071: 1069: 1066: 1064: 1061: 1059: 1056: 1054: 1051: 1049: 1046: 1044: 1041: 1039: 1036: 1034: 1031: 1029: 1026: 1024: 1021: 1019: 1016: 1014: 1011: 1009: 1006: 1004: 1001: 999: 996: 994: 991: 989: 986: 984: 981: 979: 976: 974: 971: 969: 966: 964: 961: 959: 956: 954: 951: 949: 946: 944: 941: 939: 936: 934: 931: 929: 926: 924: 921: 919: 916: 914: 911: 909: 906: 904: 901: 899: 896: 894: 891: 889: 886: 884: 881: 879: 876: 874: 871: 869: 866: 864: 861: 859: 856: 854: 851: 849: 846: 844: 841: 839: 836: 834: 831: 829: 826: 824: 821: 819: 816: 814: 811: 809: 806: 804: 801: 799: 796: 795: 793: 790: 786: 780: 777: 775: 772: 770: 767: 765: 762: 760: 757: 755: 752: 750: 747: 745: 742: 740: 737: 735: 732: 730: 727: 726: 724: 721: 717: 710: 707: 705:Robert Steele 704: 701: 698: 695: 692: 690: 687: 684: 683: 681: 679: 676: 672: 668: 661: 656: 654: 649: 647: 642: 641: 638: 631: 628: 626: 622: 619: 617: 614: 613: 609: 600: 594: 590: 589: 581: 578: 573: 567: 565: 561: 556: 555: 548: 545: 534: 530: 523: 520: 513: 511: 509: 505: 501: 497: 489: 487: 485: 481: 474:Previous logo 472: 468: 466: 462: 457: 452: 450: 446: 442: 441: 436: 432: 427: 425: 421: 416: 414: 409: 404: 399: 397: 393: 389: 385: 381: 376: 374: 370: 365: 363: 359: 355: 351: 343: 341: 339: 335: 332:and airing a 331: 327: 323: 319: 315: 307: 304: 300: 295: 289: 285: 283: 279: 275: 273: 269: 264: 260: 257: 251: 248: 244: 238: 233: 230: 226: 222: 219: 216: 211: 208: 205: 201: 196: 193: 190: 186: 183: 180: 178: 174: 169: 165: 161: 158: 154: 152: 148: 145: 142: 138: 132: 129: 128: 125: 113: 110: 102: 91: 88: 84: 81: 77: 74: 70: 67: 63: 60: –  59: 55: 54:Find sources: 48: 44: 38: 37: 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 1474: 1421:CBN-FM 106.9 1401:CKIX-FM 99.1 1396:VOCM-FM 97.5 1391:VOAR-FM 96.7 1386:CHOZ-FM 94.7 1381:CHMR-FM 93.5 1377:CICQ-FM 92.3 1365:FM frequency 1353: 1331:AM frequency 1269:Newcap Radio 1240:/interactive 748: 587: 580: 553: 547: 536:. Retrieved 532: 522: 493: 479: 477: 464: 455: 453: 444: 438: 430: 428: 423: 417: 402: 400: 390:FM station, 380:CHUM Limited 377: 372: 368: 366: 358:Don Jamieson 349: 347: 337: 313: 312: 258: 245:October 25, 192:Westwood One 188:Affiliations 105: 96: 86: 79: 72: 65: 53: 41:Please help 36:verification 33: 1496: / 1321:Mount Pearl 1104:TV stations 510:web sites. 445:Big Land FM 328:. Owned by 261:(1950–1978) 171:Programming 1511:Categories 1484:52°47′11″W 1481:47°34′45″N 1448:St. John's 1317:St. John's 1102:Broadcast 696:Mark Pathy 689:Eric Boyko 538:2024-06-18 514:References 69:newspapers 699:Gary Rich 678:directors 675:Corporate 401:CJYQ, or 198:Ownership 151:Frequency 99:June 2024 1460:See also 1443:Labrador 1354:CJYQ 930 1349:VOWR 800 1339:VOCM 590 791:stations 722:stations 435:Labrador 163:Branding 1344:CBN 640 1262:Defunct 1117:CKSA-DT 1112:CITL-DT 1093:VOCM-FM 1088:CKZZ-FM 1083:CKXX-FM 1078:CKXG-FM 1073:CKXD-FM 1068:CKWY-FM 1063:CKWB-FM 1058:CKVH-FM 1053:CKUL-FM 1048:CKSQ-FM 1043:CKSA-FM 1038:CKRV-FM 1033:CKRA-FM 1028:CKQK-FM 1023:CKMP-FM 1018:CKKO-FM 1013:CKIX-FM 1008:CKKY-FM 1003:CKGY-FM 998:CKEZ-FM 993:CKEC-FM 988:CKCH-FM 983:CKBA-FM 978:CJXL-FM 973:CJXK-FM 968:CJPR-FM 963:CJMO-FM 958:CJKC-FM 953:CJEG-FM 948:CIZZ-FM 943:CIXF-FM 938:CIRK-FM 933:CILV-FM 928:CILB-FM 923:CIJK-FM 918:CIHT-FM 913:CIGV-FM 908:CIGM-FM 903:CIBQ-FM 898:CHVO-FM 893:CHTN-FM 888:CHSP-FM 883:CHSL-FM 878:CHRK-FM 873:CHNO-FM 868:CHNI-FM 863:CHLG-FM 858:CHHI-FM 853:CHCM-FM 848:CHBM-FM 843:CFXW-FM 838:CFXL-FM 833:CFXJ-FM 828:CFXE-FM 823:CFRQ-FM 818:CFRK-FM 813:CFLN-FM 808:CFHI-FM 803:CFGN-FM 798:CFCW-FM 621:CJYQ-AM 484:country 392:CKIX-FM 388:country 362:CJON-TV 344:History 334:country 302:Website 286:25,000 235:History 229:CKIX-FM 225:VOCM-FM 182:Country 83:scholar 595:  490:Sports 384:oldies 326:Canada 177:Format 85:  78:  71:  64:  58:"CJYQ" 56:  316:(930 297:Links 288:watts 282:Power 272:Class 203:Owner 90:JSTOR 76:books 1323:area 779:VOCM 774:CKVO 769:CKJR 764:CKGA 759:CKDQ 754:CKCM 749:CJYQ 744:CHNL 739:CFSX 734:CFCW 729:CFCB 630:CJYQ 593:ISBN 533:VOCM 461:VOCM 449:VOCM 420:CRTC 418:The 408:VOCM 369:CJYQ 356:and 350:CJON 314:CJYQ 259:CJON 247:1950 221:VOCM 155:930 122:CJYQ 62:news 1363:By 1329:By 290:day 157:kHz 45:by 1513:: 789:FM 720:AM 563:^ 531:. 467:. 415:. 375:. 340:. 324:, 318:AM 227:, 223:, 1319:/ 1308:e 1301:t 1294:v 659:e 652:t 645:v 601:. 541:. 276:B 112:) 106:( 101:) 97:( 87:· 80:· 73:· 66:· 39:.

Index


verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"CJYQ"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's Metropolitan Area
Frequency
kHz
Format
Country
Westwood One
Stingray Group
Sister stations
VOCM
VOCM-FM
CKIX-FM
1950
Class
Power
watts
newcountrynl.ca
AM
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.