CJCH-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = CJCH-FM


area = Halifax, Nova Scotia
branding = 101.3 The Bounce
slogan = Halifax's New #1 Choice for Hit Music
airdate = November 14, 1944 (AM) May 30, 2008 (FM)
frequency = 101.3 MHz (FM)
format = CHR/Rhythmic
erp =
class =
owner = CTVglobemedia
licensee = CHUM Radio
website = [http://www.1013thebounce.com 101.3 The Bounce]
callsign_meaning = CJ Chronicle Halifax

CJCH-FM is a Canadian radio station owned by CTVglobemedia. It broadcasts on the FM band at 101.3 MHz from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Coincident with its move to FM on May 30, 2008, the station adopted the moniker "101.3 The Bounce" and a rhythmic contemporary / top 40 format. The "Bounce" logo and fonts were patterned after CHBN-FM in Edmonton, Alberta, which is jointly owned by CTVglobemedia and Milestone Radio.

Prior to May 30, it operated at 920 kHz (AM) as "AM 92/CJCH All Oldies - All The Time", with an oldies music format, with the exceptions of a daily phone-in show, "The Hotline" with Rick Howe and Halifax Mooseheads hockey.

tation history

The station was established in 1944 by the "Halifax Chronicle", and acquired in 1970 by CHUM Limited. It was co-owned with the city's CJCH-TV until 1997, when CHUM sold the television station to CTV. The approval by the CRTC of the acquisition of CHUM by CTVglobemedia has again brought the stations under common ownership as of June 22, 2007.

For many years, CJCH was a very popular Hit Music station and is credited as the original Top 40 radio station in the area. In 1995, it switched to a news/talk format and became known as "News/Talk Radio 920/CJCH". In 2001, CHUM started a sports radio network known as "The Team". CJCH joined this network and became "The Team 920". In August 2002, The Team network was shut down and CJCH flipped to an oldies format, becoming "AM 920/CJCH - Yesterday's Favorites".

In July 2006, rival station 960 CHNS, an oldies station, switched from AM to FM and adopted a classic rock format. CJCH became the sole oldies station in Halifax.

On August 31, 2007, CTVglobemedia applied to the CRTC to move CJCH from AM 920 to FM 101.3, with approval given on November 30, 2007. [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-410.htm] The application originally indicated that CJCH would retain its oldies format. Industry Canada required a three week test on 101.3 FM, which began on May 8, 2008.

On May 30, 2008 at 10:00am AST the last oldies song finished playing on 920 CJCH as the station went silent on AM and the new station launched on 101.3 FM with a new all-hit music format. (The station will apparently not take advantage of its right to simulcast on both frequencies for three months as is customary in such cases.) This puts the station in direct competition with CKHZ-FM, whose musical direction favors Rhythmic and Dance product, targeted towards young adults. Since it's inception, the station and it's personalities have been very active in the community.

Lineup

WeekdaysThe Morning Bounce with FRANKIE, JORDAN, and AMBER (5:30a to 10:00a)Middays with Mel B (10a to 2p)Cash Conners in the Afternoon (2p to 6p)Special Ed's Special Show (6p to 10p)Late Night with Adam H (10p to 2a)

WeekendsSmooth Saturdays with RS SMOOTH (Saturday, 12p to 6p)Sundays with Adam H (Sunday, 12p to 5p)

CJCH also carries a variety of specialty programming including the MTV TRL Countdown, PEREZentertainment, and Hollywood Hamilton's Weekend Top 30

The station's long-running local talk show, "The Hotline", was cancelled as part of the format / frequency change. [ [http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/9006966.html CJCH pulls plug on Hotline] "The Chronicle-Herald", May 29, 2008] [ [http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1059133.html For Howe the bell tolls] , Chris Lambie, "The Chronicle-Herald", May 30, 2008] [ [http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Search/1059340.html ‘His show meant so much, so much to so many people’] "The Chronicle-Herald", May 31, 2008] "The Hotline" had previously (temporarily) moved to CFDR during CJCH's brief participation in The Team all-sports network (Newcap and CHUM stations in Halifax were, at the time, under joint management); however, with CFDR expected to move to FM in the near future, the move was not repeated, and host Rick Howe has since joined Rogers-owned News 95.7. [ [http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1069320.html Howe to join News 95.7] , Devin Stevens, "The Chronicle-Herald", July 24, 2008] The status of CJCH's Mooseheads broadcasts is presently unknown.

References

External links

* [http://www.1013thebounce.com/ 101.3 The Bounce]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=668&historyID=1020 CJCH history at Canadian Communications Foundation]
*RecnetCanada|CJCH
* [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18628730996 Facebook Group]
* [http://crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2007/n2007-12.htm#21 CRTC Proposal]