CJKR-FM
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| City | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Broadcast area | Winnipeg Capital Region |
| Branding | Power 97 |
| Slogan | Winnipeg's Rock |
| Frequency | 97.5 MHz |
| First air date | May 27, 1948 |
| Format | Active Rock |
| Audience share |
 3.2% - Rank: 11 |
| ERP | 310,000 watts |
| HAAT | 69.5 meters (228 ft) |
| Former callsigns | CJOB-FM (1948-1976) CHMM-FM (1976-1984) CKIS-FM (1984-1991) |
| Owner |
Corus Entertainment (Corus Premium Television Ltd.) |
| Sister stations |
Radio: CJOB, CJGV-FM TV: CKND-DT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.power97.com |
CJKR-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.5 FM in Winnipeg, Manitoba with an active rock format under its on-air brand name Power 97. The station is owned and operated by Corus Entertainment which also owns sister stations CJOB & CJGV-FM. The studios & offices are located at 1440 Jack Blick Avenue at Winnipeg's Polo Park.
CJKR-FM is the most powerful FM radio station in Canada, operating at 310,000 watts. Most FM stations in Canada and the United States run 100,000 watts or less. Because CKJR-FM is one of the oldest FM stations in Canada, it was grandfathered with a much higher power. (In Winnipeg, 98.3 CBW-FM also operates at a higher power, at 160,000 watts.)
The station first signed on the air on May 27, 1948 as CJOB-FM, an FM simulcast of CJOB. The station applied to the BBG to move its broadcast frequency from 103.1 MHz to the current 97.5 MHz. It began airing distinct programming in 1962, featured a country music format as CHMM-FM in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and then changed its format to soft rock and its call sign to CKIS-FM in 1984. In the late 1980s, CKIS-FM moved to a rock music format, which was not in compliance with its licence at that time. Eventually, the station was allowed to amend its licence, stick with the rock format, and changed its call letters to CJKR-FM in 1991. In the late 2000s, the station moved from mainstream rock to active rock by reducing the classic rock in its playlist, aiming at a youthful male audience.
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