CFPG-FM

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Radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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::summary Radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ::

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Field	Value
name	CFPG-FM
city	Winnipeg, Manitoba
country	CA
area	Winnipeg Metropolitan Region
branding	Country 99
airdate
frequency
format	Country
erp	63,700 watts
haat	206.1 metres
class	C
callsign_meaning	"Winnipeg" or "Peggy" (former branding)
licensing_authority	CRTC
former_callsigns
owner	Corus Entertainment
licensee	Corus Premium Television Ltd.
sister_stations	CJOB, CJKR-FM, CKND-DT
webcast	Listen live
website	country99.com
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CFPG-FM (99.1 MHz, Country 99) is a commercial radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts a country format branded as "Country 99". Its transmitter is off St. Mary's Road in Duff Roblin Provincial Park, while its studios located at 201 Portage in Downtown Winnipeg.

History

CJZZ

The station signed on the air on February 28, 2003. Its call sign was CJZZ-FM, and it was owned by Canwest Communications. The frequency was the former home in Winnipeg of all-news radio network CKO for a short period in 1988 and 1989.

CJZZ-FM aired a smooth jazz format from the Starbuck Communications Tower. But Canwest found this caused multipath interference to occur, so the company applied to the CRTC to broadcast from a new transmitter that Rogers Communications was constructing{{cite web | title = Broadcasting Application CRTC 2003-39 | publisher = Government of Canada - CRTC | date = July 23, 2003 | url = http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2003/db2003-470.htm | title = Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-470 | publisher = Government of Canada - CRTC | date = September 19, 2003 | url = http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2003/db2003-470.htm | accessdate = }} At this time the station was branded as 99.1 Cool FM, a tie-in for co-owned cable TV station CoolTV.

CJGV

In September 2006, Corus Entertainment, already owner of Winnipeg's CJOB and CJKR-FM, announced it would buy CJZZ and Kitchener, Ontario's CKBT-FM, from CanWest, subject to CRTC approval. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on July 6, 2007. Corus Entertainment officially took ownership of CJZZ on July 29, 2007. On November 5, 2007, the station rebranded as Groove FM, and changed its call letters to CJGV-FM.

In April 2010, Corus Radio Winnipeg announced the future relocation of its radio broadcast facility to 1440 Rapelje Avenue (since renamed Jack Blick Avenue), as part of a lease agreement between Corus Entertainment and Cadillac Fairview. The relocation to studios and offices in Polo Park was originally slated for January 2011. CJOB, CJGV and CJKR would become the anchor tenants. Corus Radio Winnipeg planned to occupy the second floor of the three-story building, upsizing its radio, production and business operations to 17500 sqft.

In August 2011, Corus filed an application with the CRTC to remove the requirement for the station to broadcast a specialty smooth jazz format, citing significant financial losses in recent years. On November 30, 2011, the CRTC approved CJGV's application, although requiring it to maintain two hours of smooth jazz content per-week.

Adult contemporary era

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On December 1, 2011, the station began playing Christmas music for the holiday season, and announced plans to flip to adult contemporary on January 1, 2012. On that date, CJGV-FM flipped to a hot AC format branded as simply 99.1 FM, before ultimately adopting Corus's "Fresh FM" brand on February 14, 2012. On February 13, 2015, the station rebranded as 99.1 Fresh Radio, and segued to a modern adult contemporary format adding more alternative rock crossovers.

On December 25, 2016, at 5 p.m., following the conclusion of its Christmas music programming, CJGV-FM re-launched as Peggy @ 99.1 with an adult contemporary format featuring current music and past hits going back to the 1980s. Corus described the station as reflecting "the positive, energetic and fun vibe of Winnipeg while giving listeners the music they want." In March 2017, its call letters were changed to CFPG-FM to match the new branding.

''Country 99''

On September 26, 2023, Corus announced that it had released CFPG's on-air staff, in preparation for a change in format. On December 1, during interim Christmas music programming for the holiday season, Corus announced that CFPG-FM would flip to country music as Country 99 on December 27. The new format competes primarily with CFQX-FM and CIUR-FM.

References

link. (2016-12-20 Retrieved 12 August 2011.)
[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2002/db2002-224.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-224]
[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-469.htm Application by Corus Premium Television Ltd.]. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, 3 August 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-739.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-739, November 30, 2011.]
(2012-02-14). "Groove Winnipeg Getting Fresh?".
(2015-02-13). "Pair Of Winnipeg Hot AC Changes".
"New radio station, Peggy 99.1 FM, to hit Winnipeg airwaves". Corus Entertainment.
(26 December 2016). "Peggy @ 99.1 Debuts In Winnipeg".
[https://formatchange.com/fresh-radio-99-1-becomes-peggy/ Fresh Radio 99.1 Becomes Peggy]
Thiessen, Connie. (September 26, 2023). "Corus releases on-air staff ahead of format flip at Winnipeg’s Peggy @ 99.1". Broadcast Dialogue.
Thiessen, Connie. (2023-12-01). "Corus to flip Winnipeg's Peggy@99.1 to Country 99".

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