CJCH (AM)
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| City | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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| Branding | 101.3 Virgin Radio |
| Slogan | Halifax's #1 Hit Music Station |
| Frequency | 101.3 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | November 14, 1944 (AM) May 30, 2008 (FM) |
| Format | CHR |
| Audience share |
 2.5% Rank: 6. Based On BBM Ratings Fall 2014 |
| ERP |
vertical polarization: 43,000 watts horizontal polarization: 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 160.1 meters (525 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | CJ Chronicle-Herald (Newspaper) |
| Owner |
Bell Media (Bell Media Radio) |
| Sister stations | CIOO-FM, CJCH-DT |
| Website | halifax |
CJCH-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 101.3 FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The station broadcasts a Top 40/CHR format branded on-air as "101.3 Virgin Radio", and is owned by Bell Media.
CJCH's studios are located at the intersection of Russell and Agricola Streets in Halifax (right behind TV sister CJCH), with its transmitter located on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park.
CJCH-FM is currently the only Top 40 outlet in the Halifax market, as Energy 103.5, which it competed with, flipped to Country in September 2015.
The station was established on November 14, 1944 by the Halifax Chronicle at 920 AM, 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 Top 40 station and is credited as the original Top 40 radio station in the area. In 1983, it began broadcasting in AM Stereo, the first in Atlantic Canada. Also, it was once a close rival of another Halifax station, CHNS, during the 1970s. In 1986, the station shifted to a gold-based adult contemporary format due to the decline of hit music stations on AM radio. In January 1993, the station switched to a Classic Rock format as "Arrow 92". In March 1994, it switched formats again and became known as "All Rock and Roll Oldies 92/CJCH". In May 1995, it switched to a hybrid news/talk and oldies format. By the following year, it shifted to full-time talk programming 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" on May 7. On August 27, 2002, The Team network was shut down and CJCH flipped to an oldies format, becoming "AM 920/CJCH - Yesterday's Favourites".
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