CJMR

Multicultural radio station in Mississauga, Ontario
  • Mississauga, Ontario
Broadcast areaGreater Toronto AreaFrequency1320 kHz (AM)BrandingCJMR 1320ProgrammingFormatMultilingualOwnershipOwnerWhiteoaks Communications Group Limited
(Trafalgar Broadcasting)
Sister stations
CJYEHistory
First air date
1974 (50 years ago) (1974)
Former frequencies
1190 kHz (1974–1990)Technical information
Licensing authority
CRTCClassB (regional)Power10,000 wattsLinksWebsitewww.cjmr1320.ca

CJMR is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts multicultural programming at AM 1320. Although officially licensed to Mississauga, Ontario, it currently broadcasts from studios in Oakville. CJMR's studios are located on Church Street in downtown Oakville, while its transmitters are located along Dundas Street West near Third Line Road on the northwest side of Oakville.

Originally a daytimer on AM 1190, CJMR was launched in 1974 by CHWO Radio Limited (now Whiteoaks Communications Group), the owners of CHWO.[1] In 1990, the station moved to its current frequency[2] (vacated by CFGM) and began a 24-hour broadcast schedule. Formerly a mixture of multilingual and Christian programming, CJMR moved to exclusively multilingual programming in 2001 when the religious programming moved to the new CJYE.

In 1986, the station was denied a licence to move to the FM dial.[3] CJMR and CHMB are the only stations in Canada which broadcast on 1320 AM.

CJMR's programming is mainly South Asian (Hindi and Punjabi) with some Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Gujarati, Italian, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Ukrainian and Urdu programming in the evenings and on weekends.

References

  1. ^ Robyn Burnett and Christopher Giardino, Prime Time Radio: How Jean and Howard Caine Built a Radio Dynasty (ISBN 1-55022-749-1). ECW Press, 2006.
  2. ^ Decision CRTC 89-699
  3. ^ Decision CRTC 86-240

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Notes
1. Defunct as a terrestrial radio broadcaster; continuing as an internet-only service

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