Pure Country 89's ratings are pure trash!

[ftballfan]

A partial list (sorted by frequency):

88.1 CIND Toronto ("Indie88", adult album alternative)
88.5 CIBH Parksville, British Columbia ("The Beach", adult contemporary)
88.5 CILV Ottawa ("Live 88.5", alternative rock)
88.7 CIMX Windsor ("Pure Country 89", country)
88.7 CKYM Napanee/Kingston ("myFM", adult contemporary)
88.9 CHNI Saint John, New Brunswick ("Q88.9", rock)
89.3 CIJK New Minas, Nova Scotia ("Rewind 89.3", classic hits)
89.5 CHWK Chilliwack, British Columbia ("The Drive", classic hits)
89.9 CHNS Halifax ("The Wave", classic hits)
89.9 CIHT Ottawa ("Hot 89.9", top 40)
90.3 CKMP Calgary ("AMP Radio", top 40)
90.5 CJMB Peterborough, Ontario ("Freq 90.5", alternative rock)
90.5 CKXM Exter, Ontario ("myFM", adult contemporary)
91.3 CJZN Victoria ("The Zone", alternative rock)
91.5 CKBT Kitchener/Waterloo Region ("The Beat", top 40)
91.5 CKXR Salmon Arm, British Columbia ("BOUNCE 91.5", adult hits)
91.7 CHBN Edmonton ("KISS 91.7", top 40)
91.7 CICS Sudbury, Ontario ("Pure Country 91.7", country)
91.7 CIXL Welland/Niagara Region ("Giant FM", classic rock)
91.9 CJEC Québec ("WKND 91.9", modern adult contemporary)
91.9 CKLX Montreal ("91.9 Sports", sports)
91.9 CKLY Lindsay/Kawartha Lakes, Ontario ("BOUNCE 91.9", adult hits)

Some other commercial stations in Canada below 92 MHz:
88.5 CKDX Newmarket, ON ("Lite 88.5", soft adult contemporary)
88.9 CKMW Morden, MB ("Country 88.9", country)
89.1 CISO Orillia, ON ("89.1 Max FM", modern rock)
89.1 CKYY Welland, ON ("Country 89", country)
89.5 CJRL Kenora, ON ("The Lake", adult contemporary)
90.5 CFCH North Bay, ON ("Country 90.5", country)
91.5 CKLQ Brandon, MB ("Q Country", country)
91.5 CKPR Thunder Bay, ON ("91.5 CKPR", hot adult contemporary)

 

[The New Chico]

89.7 CJSU Juice FM Duncan BC (on Vancouver Island.) Was CKAY 1500 until 2000, when the CTRC had them migrate to FM. (Hot AC and classic hits hybrid.) Only 3400 watts but a ton of elevation and nothing but saltwater for about 200 degrees.

 

[ksradiogeek]

I'm looking for a list of commercial stations between 88.1 and 91.9 in Canada. I suspect that they are few and far between. Google seems to not be able to find it based on several searches. I'm going to call Radio's Best Friend now to ask him.

I thought CJRT 91.1 Toronto might be an exception, because the call letters appear that way, but it's public.

I know it’s Wikipedia, but I would just search ‘List of radio stations in Ontario’, and so forth for each province. Plenty of commercial stations in the 88-92 range.

 

[Schroedingers Cat]

Looks like some are AM to FM conversions. Less obvious in many cases by call letter changes, but CKPR is one that stayed the same.

Mainly US Top 40 in 1967, and I remember hearing "Half Breed" by Cher in the Keweenaw Peninsula on 580 in 1973. In 1962, it was Country.

http://www.las-solanas.com/surveys/CKPR/CKPR_1967-03-17_1.jpg

http://www.las-solanas.com/surveys/CKPR/CKPR_1967-03-17_2.jpg

Wow! "Beggin'" at #56! As someone said way back then, "your grandchildren will like this song, but you may not". Not sure how they knew that. I liked the original.

 

[DDmiTV]

You have to understand they're not selling one station. They're selling 16 million people. Radio is a small part of their deal.

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Agreed. National advertising drives the ship these days. Listen to the ratio of national to local spots. It's not a single station but the bigger package.