CHSJ-FM

CHSJ-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 94.1 FM in Saint John, New Brunswick. The station plays a country music format under the Country 94 branding. CHSJ-FM is owned by Acadia Broadcasting, which also owns sister station CHWV-FM.

For the television station formerly known as CHSJ-TV, see CBAT-DT.
CHSJ-FM
CitySaint John, New Brunswick
Frequency94.1 MHz (FM)
BrandingCountry 94
Programming
Formatcountry
Ownership
OwnerAcadia Broadcasting
Sister stationsCHWV-FM
History
First air dateMarch 1928
Former call signsCFBO (1928–1934)
Former frequencies890 kHz (AM) (1928-1933)
1210 AM (1933-1934)
1120 AM (1934-1945)
1150 AM (1945-1988)
700 AM (1988-1998)
Call sign meaningCH Saint John
Technical information
ClassC
ERP50.4 kW average
100 kW peak
horizontal polarization only
HAAT382 meters (1,253 ft)
Links
Websitewww.country94.ca

History

Originally known as CFBO, CHSJ's first broadcast was at 890 AM in 1928, under the ownership of C.A. Munro Limited. The current call letters were adopted in 1934 when four Saint John newspaper publishing shareholders — Howard P. Robinson, J.D. McKenna, T. F. Drummie and L. W. Bewick saw great potential for little CFBO and purchased it from Mr. C.A. Monro. After the sale CHSJ was owned by the Saint John Publishing Company.

The current CFBO call letters have been assigned to the frequency of 90.7 MHz, branded as BO-FM as an adult contemporary francophone format radio station, broadcasting in Moncton since 2004.

From 1934 to 1936, the station was an affiliate of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission. In 1936, CHSJ affiliated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and later with the CBC Trans-Canada Network until 1964, when CBD went on the air.

In 1944, Kenneth C. Irving purchased Saint John Publishing from its principal shareholder Howard P. Robinson. Along with the city's two newspapers he acquired the CHSJ station as part of the group. Later that year the company's name was changed to the New Brunswick Publishing Company. One of its operations was New Brunswick Broadcasting, responsible for radio station CHSJ. In 1947, CHSJ-FM signed on the air at 100.5 MHz, which became a co-owned station of the CHSJ that signed on in 1927 as CFBO. CHSJ-FM left the air in 1954.[1]

CHSJ changed its AM frequency several times: to 1210 kHz in 1933, to 1120 in 1934, to 1150 in 1945, and to 700 in 1988. (The station was originally approved to move to 700 in 1985.)[2] On December 3, 1986, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) denied an application by New Brunswick Broadcasting to convert CHSJ to 94.1 MHz with 100,000 watts.[3] In 1998, however, CHSJ received approval by the CRTC to convert CHSJ to 94.1 MHz.[4]

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References
  1. CHSJ-FM, Saint John, The Telegraph-Journal and Evening Times-Globe Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (1947-1954) - history at the Canadian Communications Foundation.
  2. Decision CRTC 87-911 (see Decision CRTC 85-29)
  3. Decision CRTC 86-1174
  4. Decision CRTC 97-124

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