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CHSJ-FM

Saint John, New Brunswick
Broadcast area	Saint John
Frequency	94.1 MHz (FM)
Branding	Country 94
Programming
Format	Country
Ownership
Owner	Acadia Broadcasting
Sister stations	CHWV-FM
History
First air date	March 1928
Former call signs	CFBO (1928–1934)
Former frequencies	890 kHz (AM) (1928–1933) 1210 kHz (1933–1934) 1120 kHz (1934–1945) 1150 kHz (1945–1988) 700 kHz (1988–1998)
Call sign meaning	Saint John (broadcast area)
Technical information
Class	C
ERP	50.4 kW average 100 kW peak horizontal polarization only
HAAT	382 meters (1,253 ft)
Links
Website	country94.ca

CHSJ-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 94.1 FM in Saint John, New Brunswick. The station plays a country format under the Country 94 branding. CHSJ is owned by Acadia Broadcasting, which also owns sister station CHWV-FM.

History

Originally known as CFBO, CHSJ's first broadcast was at 890 AM in March 1928, under the ownership of C.A. Munro Limited. The current call letters were adopted in 1934 when four Saint John newspaper publishing shareholders — Howard P. Robinson, J.D. McKenna, T. F. Drummie and L. W. Bewick saw great potential for little CFBO and purchased it from Mr. C.A. Monro. After the sale CHSJ was owned by the Saint John Publishing Company.

The current CFBO call letters have been assigned to the frequency of 90.7 MHz, branded as BO-FM as an adult contemporary francophone format radio station, broadcasting in Moncton since 2004.

From 1934 to 1936, the station was an affiliate of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission. In 1936, CHSJ affiliated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and later with the CBC Trans-Canada Network. CBC station CBD went on the air in 1964 but CHSJ is listed as remaining a CBC Radio affiliate until at least 1980.

In 1944, Kenneth C. Irving purchased Saint John Publishing from its principal shareholder Howard P. Robinson. Along with the city's two newspapers he acquired the CHSJ station as part of the group. Later that year the company's name was changed to the New Brunswick Publishing Company. One of its operations was New Brunswick Broadcasting, responsible for radio station CHSJ. In 1947, CHSJ-FM signed on the air at 100.5 MHz, which became a co-owned station of the CHSJ that signed on in 1927 as CFBO. CHSJ-FM left the air in 1954.

CHSJ changed its AM frequency several times: to 1210 kHz in 1933, to 1120 in 1934, to 1150 in 1945, and to 700 in 1988. (The station was originally approved to move to 700 in 1985.) On December 3, 1986, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) denied an application by New Brunswick Broadcasting to convert CHSJ to 94.1 MHz with 100,000 watts. In 1998, however, CHSJ received approval by the CRTC to convert CHSJ to 94.1 MHz.

References

1. Decision CRTC 87-911 (see Decision CRTC 85-29)
2. Decision CRTC 86-1174
3. Decision CRTC 97-124

External links

• Country 94
• CHSJ-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CHSJ-FM in the REC Canadian station database

45°16′23.1″N 66°3′35.6″W / 45.273083°N 66.059889°W / 45.273083; -66.059889

• Country radio stations in Canada
• Acadia Broadcasting radio stations
• Radio stations in Saint John, New Brunswick
• Radio stations established in 1928
• 1928 establishments in New Brunswick
• Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission