CJMX-FM
Radio station in Sudbury, Ontario
CJMX-FM (105.3 MHz) is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format in Sudbury, Ontario. The station uses the on-air brand KiSS 105.3. The station is owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media.
History
On April 12, 1979, the CRTC approved an application by the Sudbury Broadcasting Company Limited to operate a new English language FM radio station at Sudbury, Ontario on the frequency 105.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts.
CJMX was established on October 13, 1980 by F. Baxter Ricard and Alma Ricard, the owners of Sudbury's CHNO and CFBR. CJMX's studios were located in the old King George School building at 295 Victoria Street until 1997. Its transmitter site was shared with CICI-TV and CIGM-FM near Huron Street in Sudbury.
In the 1980s the station aired a beautiful music/easy listening format that was branded as CJMX Stereo 105 and FM 105 CJMX. The stations became part of Mid-Canada Radio in 1985, and were then sold to the Pelmorex Radio Network in 1990. Pelmorex's ownership of the stations was controversial, as most of their programming was delivered by satellite from a facility in Mississauga. Under Pelmorex's ownership, the station was branded as Mix 105, and aired a more hot adult contemporary format.
After a change in CRTC media ownership rules, Pelmorex sold CJMX to Telemedia, the owner of CJRQ and CIGM, in 1998.
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