CKBL-FM
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| City | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
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| Branding | 92.9 The Bull |
| Slogan | The Bull Rocks |
| Frequency | 92.9 MHz FM |
| First air date | 1923 (AM) 1995 (FM) |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 100 kWs |
| HAAT | 195 meters (640 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning |
C K BULL |
| Former callsigns | CFQC |
| Former frequencies | 600 kHz |
| Owner | Saskatoon Media Group |
| Sister stations | CJWW, CJMK-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 92.9 The Bull |
CKBL-FM, branded as 92.9 The Bull, is a country radio station located in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The station is part of the Saskatoon Media Group, and has studios with sister stations CJWW and CJMK-FM. They are at 366 3rd Avenue South, downtown on the river.
The station originated on the AM dial as CFQC-AM, which began broadcasting in 1923. It was founded by electrical supply shop owners A. A. "Pappy" Murphy and David Streb. Murphy bought out Streb in 1932.
The station was an affiliate of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission from 1933 to 1936 when it affiliated with the newly formed Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It lost that affiliation in 1939 when the CBC signed on CBK as its outlet for all of southern and central Saskatchewan. In 1944 it became an affiliate of the CBC's Dominion Network until 1962 when the network was reabsorbed into the main CBC Radio network and CFQC became independent. In 1954, CFQC-TV was established by the Murphy family and became Saskatoon's first television station; initially a CBC affiliate, in the early 1970s it switched to the CTV Television Network. Both the TV and radio stations shared some on-air personnel such as newsreaders.
Pappy Murphy died in 1959. His family sold CFQC-AM and TV to Baton Broadcasting in 1972, earning a handsome return on its original investment of 49 years earlier. Baton exited radio in 1991, selling CFQC to George Gallagher, at which point the radio station's ties to its TV namesake all but ended. However, only two years later, Gallagher was forced into receivership. Clint Forster, owner of CJWW, bought CFQC in 1994 and announced plans to move it to the FM band.
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