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| name = CJBC |
| name = CJBC |
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| airdate = {{Start date and age|2|11|1936}} |
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1925}} |
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| frequency = 860 [[kHz]] |
| frequency = 860 [[kHz]] |
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| area = [[Southern Ontario]] |
| area = [[Southern Ontario]] |
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| licensing_authority = [[CRTC]] |
| licensing_authority = [[CRTC]] |
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| class = A (clear-channel) |
| class = A (clear-channel) |
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| former_callsigns = {{ubl|CRCY (1936–1938)|CBY (1938–1943)}} |
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|CKNC (1925–1933)|CRCY (1933–1938)|CBY (1938–1943)}} |
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| former_frequencies = |
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| owner = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |
| owner = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |
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===Early years=== |
===Early years=== |
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The station [[signed on]] the air in 1936. The following year, it returned at 1420 kHz, as a signal booster for [[CBLA-FM|CRCT]]. The station's call sign was changed to CBY in 1938. In 1941, with the enactment of the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]] (NARBA), the station moved to 1010 kHz. |
The station [[signed on]] the air in 1925. Its original [[call sign]] was CKNC and it broadcast on 840 kHz. It was owned by the Canadian National Carbon Company. In January 1927, the station moved to 690 kHz, returning to 840 kHz a month later. The station then moved to 580 in 1928, and to 1030 in 1931. |
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In 1933, the station was leased and then acquired by the [[Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission]], the forerunner of the modern [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]. It became CRCY, before leaving the airwaves in 1935. The following year, it returned at 1420 kHz, as a signal booster for [[CBLA-FM|CRCT]]. The station's call sign was changed to CBY in 1938. In 1941, with the enactment of the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]] (NARBA), the station moved to 1010 kHz. |
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===Unusual call sign=== |
===Unusual call sign=== |
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A previous radio station with the call sign CJBC was owned and operated by the [[Jarvis Street Baptist Church]] from 1925 until 1933. That station went [[dark (broadcasting)|dark]] in 1933, after the government of Canada withdrew all religious broadcasting licenses. |
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The CJBC call letters were subsequently acquired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to replace CBY. They were transferred on November 15, 1943.<ref>{{cite web |title=CJBC-AM, Toronto |url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/cjbc-am-0 |website=broadcasting-history.ca |access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref> The call signs for all other CBC and Radio-Canada stations in major cities begin with "CB". |
The CJBC call letters were subsequently acquired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to replace CBY. They were transferred on November 15, 1943.<ref>{{cite web |title=CJBC-AM, Toronto |url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/cjbc-am-0 |website=broadcasting-history.ca |access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref> The call signs for all other CBC and Radio-Canada stations in major cities begin with "CB". |
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[[Category:1936 establishments in Ontario]] |
[[Category:1925 establishments in Ontario]] |
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[[Category:Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission]] |
[[Category:Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission]] |
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[[Category:Clear-channel radio stations]] |
[[Category:Clear-channel radio stations]] |
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[[Category:French-language radio stations in Ontario|JBC]] |
[[Category:French-language radio stations in Ontario|JBC]] |
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[[Category:Ici Radio-Canada Première stations|JBC]] |
[[Category:Ici Radio-Canada Première stations|JBC]] |
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[[Category:Radio stations established in 1936]] |
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1925]] |
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[[Category:Radio stations in Toronto|JBC]] |
[[Category:Radio stations in Toronto|JBC]] |