CJJR-FM

CJJR-FM

Vancouver, British Columbia
Broadcast area	Greater Vancouver
Frequency	93.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	93.7 JR Country
Programming
Format	Country
Ownership
Owner	Jim Pattison Group (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited)
Sister stations	CKPK-FM
History
First air date	July 1, 1986; 38 years ago (1986-07-01)
Technical information
Class	C
ERP	33,000 watts 61,000 watts maximum
HAAT	686 metres (2,251 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	49.357365°N 122.953776°W / 49.357365; -122.953776 (CJJR-FM Tower)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	jrcountry.ca

CJJR-FM (93.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is owned by the Jim Pattison Group with studios on West 8th Avenue in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver. It broadcasts a country radio format branded as 93.7 JR Country.

CJJR-FM is a Class C station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 33,000 watts (61,000 watts maximum). Its transmitter tower is on Mount Seymour in the District of North Vancouver.^[1]

History

The station received approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on March 20, 1986. It signed on the air on Canada Day (July 1) of that year.^[2][3][4]

CJJR-FM has had the same call sign and country music format since its founding. It was originally the FM sister station to CHRX (now CKPK-FM).^[5]

References

1. FCCdata.org/CJJR-FM
2. Decision CRTC 86-241
3. Neal Hall, "Pattison gets FM licence," The Vancouver Sun, March 21, 1986.
4. Terry Shatner, "Station offers new approach to country music," The Vancouver Sun, July 17, 1986.
5. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1990 page B-360. Retrieved Feb. 5, 2024

External links

• 93.7 JR Country
• CJJR-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CJJR-FM in the REC Canadian station database