CJRQ-FM
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| City | Sudbury, Ontario |
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| Branding | 92.7 Rock |
| Slogan | Sudbury's Best Rock |
| Frequency | 92.7 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1935 (CKSO) 1990 (CJRQ) |
| Format | mainstream rock |
| ERP | 100 kW |
| HAAT | 285 meters (935 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | CJ Rock Q92 (former branding) |
| Owner |
Rogers Media, a division of Rogers Communications (Rogers Radio) |
| Sister stations | CJMX-FM |
| Website | www.927rock.ca |
CJRQ-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts in Sudbury, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand 92.7 Rock, and airs at 92.7 MHz on the FM band. The station airs a mainstream/active rock format.
The station first aired as CJRQ in 1990. From 1935 to 1990, it was an AM station, airing under the call letters CKSO.
The station was launched in 1935 under the ownership of W. E. Mason, the owner and publisher of the Sudbury Star. CKSO's original frequency was at 780 kHz, until it moved to 790 kHz in 1941. For much of its history, the station was an affiliate of the CBC's Trans-Canada Network.
Following Mason's death in 1948, ownership was passed to a charitable foundation set up by his estate, with the Sudbury Memorial Hospital as the primary beneficiary. The station was acquired by Sudbury businessmen George Miller, Jim Cooper and Bill Plaunt in 1950; the same trio subsequently launched CKSO-TV, the city's first television station, in 1953.
In 1976, 790 CKSO received approval to increase their power from 10,000 watts day and 5,000 watts night to 50,000 watts, full-time. Since the power increase, the station's AM signal has been heard as far away as Europe and some areas of the United States during the nighttime hours.
CKSO and sister station CIGM were by this time owned by Cambrian Broadcasting, who sold them to United Broadcasting in 1979 as part of the corporate restructuring that created Mid-Canada Communications as the new holder of the CKSO-TV license.
In 1986, United sold CKSO and CIGM to Telemedia.
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