CITI-FM
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| City | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Broadcast area | Winnipeg Capital Region |
| Branding | 92.1 CITI |
| Slogan | World Class Rock |
| Frequency | 92.1 MHz |
| First air date | 1962 |
| Format | classic-leaning mainstream rock |
| Audience share |
 8.7% - Rank: 4 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts average 140,000 watts peak |
| HAAT | 206.1 meters (676 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | derived from the word "city" |
| Former callsigns | CKY-FM (1962-1978) |
| Owner | Rogers Media |
| Sister stations | CKY-FM, CHMI-DT |
| Webcast | Listen Live! |
| Website | www.921citi.ca |
CITI-FM (92.1 MHz) is a commercial Canadian FM radio station broadcasting in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Owned by Rogers Media, the station broadcasts a classic-based rock radio format branded as 92.1 CITI.
The station first signed on in 1962 as CKY-FM simulcasting AM 580 CKY. The station adopted its current call sign, CITI-FM, on April 1, 1978. The first song played on CITI-FM was Deep Purple's Highway Star.
In the early 1990s, the station was acquired by Rogers Radio, who converted CITI's sister station CKY-AM to the FM band in 2004, and retained the CKY call sign on that station. That station now plays adult contemporary music.
CITI-FM was originally North America's most powerful commercial FM station. (That is currently WBCT in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Canada's most powerful FM station is CJKR-FM, also in Winnipeg.) In 2003 CITI-FM was granted a decrease in effective radiated power from 360,000 (directional) to 140,000 (directional) watts. Its transmitter was then relocated 20 kilometers north of its former site.
Some notable announcers through the years at CITI are: Andy Frost, Shadoe Davis, Lamont Hollywood, Howard Mandshein, Cosmo, Gordo Fry, Brother Jake Edwards, Terry Dimonte, Tim "Trucker" Bradley, Terry Klassen, Tom McGouran, Joe Aiello, Larry Updike, and Brian Cook.
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