CJJR-FM
{{short description|Radio station in Vancouver}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = CJJR-FM
| logo = CJJR-FM-COLOUR.jpg
| logo_size = 250px
| city = Vancouver, British Columbia
| area = Greater Vancouver
| branding = 93.7 JR Country
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1986|7|1}}
| frequency = 93.7 MHz {{HD Radio}}
| format = Country
| coordinates = {{coord|49.357365|N|122.953776|W|region:CA-BC_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=CJJR-FM Tower}}
| erp = 33,000 watts
61,000 watts maximum
| haat = {{Convert|686|metres}}
| class = C
| sister_stations = CKPK-FM
| owner = Jim Pattison Group
| licensee = Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited
| webcast = [https://www.jrcountry.ca/player/ Listen Live]
| website = [https://www.jrcountry.ca/ jrcountry.ca]
}}
CJJR-FM (93.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is owned by the Jim Pattison Group with studios on West 8th Avenue in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver. It broadcasts a country radio format branded as 93.7 JR Country.
CJJR-FM is a Class C station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 33,000 watts (61,000 watts maximum). Its transmitter tower is on Mount Seymour in the District of North Vancouver.[https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&canfm=CJJR-FM FCCdata.org/CJJR-FM]
History
The station received approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on March 20, 1986. It signed on the air on Canada Day (July 1) of that year.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1986/DB86-241.HTM Decision CRTC 86-241]Neal Hall, "Pattison gets FM licence," The Vancouver Sun, March 21, 1986.Terry Shatner, "Station offers new approach to country music," The Vancouver Sun, July 17, 1986.
CJJR-FM has had the same call sign and country music format since its founding. It was originally the FM sister station to CHRX (now CKPK-FM).[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1990/B-All-Radio-BC-YB-1990.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1990 page B-360. Retrieved Feb. 5, 2024]
References
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External links
- [https://www.jrcountry.ca/ 93.7 JR Country]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/british-columbia/british-columbia-vancouver/CJJR-FM CJJR-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- {{RecnetCanada|CJJR-FM}}
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{{Jim Pattison Group}}
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Category:Radio stations established in 1986
Category:1986 establishments in British Columbia
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