City | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
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Broadcast area | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Dettah, Northwest Territories |
Branding | "100.1 Moose FM" |
Slogan | "The Best Variety of the North!" |
Frequency | 100.1 FM MHz |
First air date | 1998 |
Format |
Adult Contemporary Classic Hits |
Power | 400 Watts |
HAAT | 73 meters (240 ft) |
Class | A |
Facility ID | 6250 |
Transmitter coordinates | 62°27′13.0″N 114°22′13.0″W / 62.453611°N 114.370278°W |
Callsign meaning |
C James Charles Derek first names of station's founders |
Former callsigns | CJCD-FM (1998-Present) |
Owner |
Vista Broadcast Group (Vista Radio, Ltd.) |
Webcast | CJCD-FM Webstream |
Website | CJCD-FM Online |
CJCD-FM is an Adult Contemporary and Classic Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, serving Yellowknife and Dettah in the Northwest Territories of Canada. CJCD-FM is owned and operated by Vista Broadcast Group.
The station also has a rebroadcaster, CJCD-FM-1 at 100.1 FM, in Hay River.
Prior to moving to its current FM frequency in 1998, CJCD operated at AM 1240. CJCD-AM began broadcasting on November 13, 1979. On October 9, 1985, the station was granted a power increase from 1,000 to 4,000 watts. In September of the following year, a repeater in Hay River at 100.1 FM began operating. The change to FM was approved in January 1997.
The station was founded by Charles Dent, Derek Squirell and Reg James. The station was sold to the Vista Broadcast Group in 2007.
On May 21, 2014, CJCD kept the station's Adult Contemporary and Classic Hits format, but rebranded as "100.1 Moose FM".
In addition to the main station, CJCD-FM is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.