CFJR-FM

CFJR-FM

Brockville, Ontario
Broadcast area	Brockville
Frequency	104.9 MHz (FM)
Branding	Move 104.9
Programming
Format	Adult contemporary
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Bell Media (sale to My Broadcasting Corporation pending approval) (Bell Media Ontario Regional Radio Partnership)
Sister stations	CJPT-FM
History
First air date	1926 (AM) 2003 (FM)
Former call signs	CFLC (1926–1943) CFBR (1943–1946) CFJM (1946–1950)
Former frequencies	1010 kHz (AM) (1926–1930) 930 kHz (1930–1941) 1450 kHz (1941–1985) 830 kHz (1985–2003)
Call sign meaning	CF JackRadford (former owner)
Technical information
Class	B1
ERP	7,700 watts
HAAT	78.8 meters (259 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	iheartradio.ca/move/brockville

CFJR-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 104.9 FM in Brockville, Ontario. The station owned by Bell Media, airs an adult contemporary format branded as Move 104.9.

History

The station was launched in 1926 as CFLC at 1010 kHz in Prescott. The station was operated by The Radio Association of Prescott (W.H. Plumb, A.G. Halliday, A.C. Casselman, P.J. McAndrews, L.F. Knight, H.M. Perkins, W.A. Cornell, J.E. White and D.S. Carlisle). The call letters stand for: "Canada's Finest Little Community". In the 1940s, Jack Whitby's Eastern Ontario Broadcasting Co. Ltd. purchased CFLC and moved the studios to the Fulford Building on Courthouse Avenue, near King Street in Brockville. In addition to being owner, Jack Whitby was also manager. In 1943, the callsign changed to CFBR ("BR" stood for BRockville). In 1946, it changed to CFJM ("JM" for Jack Murray) until it changed to its current callsign to CFJR ("JR" for Jack Radford) in 1950 where it has remained since. The station also had gone through different ownerships over the years.

The station changed frequencies to 930 in the early 1930s, until March 29, 1941, when it moved to 1450 kHz and moved one last time on the AM band to 830 kHz on September 19, 1985, before it moved to its current FM 104.9 MHz frequency on July 14, 2003.

In 1959, CFJR's news department hired a 21-year-old college dropout, Peter Jennings. This was Jennings debut in journalism. Many of his stories, including his coverage of a local train wreck, were picked up by the CBC and, in March 1961, he moved on to CJOH-TV, then a new television station in Ottawa.

Bruce Wylie, the morning show co-host, is the longest-tenured active talent in Bell Media Radio celebrating 50 years at CFJR on April 7, 2021. Today, it is also the only AC station owned by Bell Media that originated on the AM dial. It is also Bell Media's only AC station not broadcasting at 100,000 watts like its sister AC stations, CHQM-FM in Vancouver or CJMJ-FM in Ottawa.

Former "JR FM" logo until 2020

On December 27, 2020, as part of a mass format reorganization by Bell Media, CFJR rebranded as Move 104.9. While the station would run jockless for the first week of the format, on-air staff would return on January 4, 2021.

On February 8, 2024, Bell announced a restructuring that included the sale of 45 of its 103 radio stations to seven buyers, subject to approval by the CRTC, including CFJR, which is to be sold to My Broadcasting Corporation.

Notes

On December 13, 1984, the CRTC approved a number of applications for a number of AM radio stations across Ontario including CFJR 1450 Brockville to increase their nighttime power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts.

External links

• Move 104.9
• CFJR-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CFJR-FM in the REC Canadian station database