CIMJ-FM

CIMJ-FM

City	Guelph, Ontario
Broadcast area	Guelph, Ontario
Branding	Magic 106.1
Slogan	Today's best mix
Frequency	106.1 (MHz)
First air date	1 July 1969
Format	hot adult contemporary
ERP	50 kilowatts
HAAT	120.5 meters (395 ft)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	C I MaJic
Former callsigns	CJOY-FM (original) CKLA-FM (1975)
Owner	Corus Entertainment (591589 B.C. Ltd.)
Website	www.magic106.com

CIMJ-FM, or Magic 106.1, is a Canadian radio station based in Guelph, Ontario. Its sister station is CJOY.

History

16 May 1968: CRTC approves an application by CJOY Ltd. to operate a new FM station in Guelph. The initial studio and office address is 50 Wyndham Street.
1 July 1969: CJOY-FM begins its first broadcasts. It is authorised for 106.1 MHz frequency, 50 000 watts effective radiated power and 75.9 metres (249 ft) antenna height.
26 July 1972: CJOY-FM and its associated AM station (CJOY-AM) are authorised to relocate their common offices and studios to 75 Speedvale Avenue East and have remained there since.
1975: CJOY-FM calls sign changes to CKLA-FM
1977: CJOY Ltd. assumes at least partial ownership of AM station CFTJ in Cambridge.
1980: CRTC approves relocation of both the CJOY AM and FM transmitters.
28 April 1987: Kawartha Broadcasting Co. Ltd. purchases CJOY Ltd. (CKLA-FM and CJOY-AM), including the associated Galt Broadcasting company which operates the Cambridge station formerly known as CFTJ (whose call sign became CIAM in 1987).
1989: CKLA-FM's owners now known as Power Broadcasting.
10 July 1992: The station's call letters are now CIMJ-FM, but begins to identify itself as “Magic 106.1 – Today’s Favorites”. The station format changes from easy listening to adult contemporary, featuring music from the 1970s to the 1990s.
29 August 1996: CRTC renews CIMJ-FM licence until 2003^[1]
2 June 1995: Station co-founder Wally Slatter dies.
February 1996: Station co-founder Fred Metcalf dies.
24 March 2000: CRTC approves sale of Power Broadcasting radio stations to Corus Radio, including CJOY-AM and CIMJ-FM^[2]
13 April 2000: Corus purchase of Power Broadcasting radio properties is completed.
July 2003: The station shifted to its present Hot Adult Contemporary format after CIZN dropped its format and changed frequencies.
September 2007: Major studio renovations begin.
August 2008: Studios are completed and are on an AES 44.1 digital network. Digital audio is stored and played back uncompressed.

References

↑ "ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 96-556". Crtc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
↑ "ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 2000-87". Crtc.gc.ca. 2000-03-24. Retrieved 2016-01-31.

External links

Radio stations in Waterloo Region, Wellington County and Brant, Ontario

Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge	CKGL 570 CJIQ 88.3 CKBT 91.5 CJTW 94.3 CHYM 96.7 CKWR 98.5 CKKW 99.5 CKMS 100.3 CFCA 105.3 CIKZ 106.7 CJDV 107.5

Brantford	CKPC 1380 CKPC 92.1 CFWC 93.9

Erin	CHES 91.7

Guelph	CJOY 1460 CFRU 93.3 CIMJ 106.1 CICW 101.1

Mount Forest	CIWN 88.7

Ohsweken	CKRZ 100.3

Caledonia	CHTG 92.9

Paris	CBLA-2 89.1 CJBC-2 89.9 CBL-2 90.7

Ontario radio markets Cornwall & Eastern Ontario Hamilton-Niagara Kenora District First Nations Radio Kingston-Brockville Kitchener-Waterloo London Midwestern Ontario North Bay Ottawa Parry Sound-Muskoka-Haliburton Pembroke/Ottawa Valley Peterborough Quinte/Belleville-Trenton Rainy River Simcoe County/Barrie/Orillia Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay Timiskaming Timmins Toronto Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia See also List of radio stations in Ontario

Corus Entertainment

Broadcast television

Global (O&O)	CFRE CFSK CHAN CHBC CHNB CICT CIHF CIII CISA CITV CKMI CKND

CTV	CHEX CHEX-TV-2 CKWS

Cable television/
specialty channels

English-language	ABC Spark Action BBC Canada Cartoon Network/Adult Swim CMT Cosmopolitan TV Crime & Investigation DejaView Disney Channel Disney Junior Disney XD DIY Network DTour Food Network FYI Global News: BC 1 HGTV History H2 IFC Lifetime MovieTime National Geographic Nat Geo Wild Nickelodeon Oprah Winfrey Network Showcase Slice Sundance Channel Teletoon Treehouse TV W Movies W Network YTV

Corus Média (French-language)	Disney La Chaîne Historia Séries+ Télétoon

Telelatino Network (50.5%)	EuroWorld Sport Mediaset Italia Sky TG24 Telebimbi Telelatino TeleNiños Univision Canada

Terrestrial radio
(by call sign)

AM	CFMJ CFPL CHED CHMJ CHML CHQR CHQT CJOB CJOY CKNW

FM	CFGQ CFHK CFLG CFMI CFMK CFNY CFOX CFPL CHAY CILQ CIMJ CING CIQB CISN CJDV CJGV CJKR CJOT CJSS CJXY CKBT CKCB CKDK CKNG CKQB CKRU CKRY CKWF CKWS

Other assets

Defunct/historical
brands and predecessors

Some of the assets listed above are majority-owned, wholly-owned, by Corus Entertainment, or are under license. Refer to full asset list for detailed information.

Hot Adult Contemporary radio stations in the Province of Ontario

By frequency	89.5 92.1 93.1 93.3 96.7 97.1 97.7 98.3 98.9♦ 97.1♦ 99.5 99.7 99.9 101.5 101.7 103.1 103.5 104.1♦ 104.5 104.5 105.1 105.3 105.5 105.7 106.1 106.5 107.5

By callsign	CFBG CFBK CFHK CFLY CFLZ CFNO CHMS CHUM CHYC♦ CHYK♦ CHYQ♦ CHYR CIDC CIGL CIMJ CISS CIXK CJKL CJMI CJRL CJTT CJUK CKMB CKNX CKPC CKPT CKSG

By city	Bancroft Barrie Belleville Bracebridge Brantford Cobourg Huntsville Guelph Kenora Kingston Kirkland Lake Leamington London Marathon Niagara Falls Orangeville Ottawa Owen Sound Peterborough Strathroy Sudbury♦ Temiskaming Shores Thunder Bay Timmins♦ Toronto Wingham

Ontario radio markets Cornwall & Eastern Ontario Hamilton-Niagara Kenora District First Nations Radio Kingston-Brockville Kitchener-Waterloo London Midwestern Ontario North Bay Ottawa Parry Sound-Muskoka-Haliburton Pembroke/Ottawa Valley Peterborough Quinte/Belleville-Trenton Rainy River Simcoe County/Barrie/Orillia Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay Timiskaming Timmins Toronto Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia See also List of radio stations in Ontario ♦: Francophone stations

Coordinates: 43°29′09″N 80°14′42″W / 43.48583°N 80.24500°W / 43.48583; -80.24500

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