1. History
    CJZZ  CJGV  Switch to AC  Peggy @ 99.1 

2. Brands

3. References

4. External links

Peggy @ 99.1 mainly competes with Hot 100.5 CFJL-FM and Kiss 102.3 CKY-FM. The station switches to all-Christmas music from late November to late December, calling itself "Winnipeg's Official Christmas Station."

History

CJZZ

The station signed on the air on February 28, 2003, owned by Canwest Communications.^[2] The frequency was the former home in Winnipeg of all-news radio network CKO for a short period in 1988 and 1989.

Originally the call sign was CJZZ-FM, broadcasting a smooth jazz format from the Starbuck Communications Tower. But Canwest found this caused multipath interference to occur, so the company applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to broadcast from a new transmitter that Rogers Communications was constructing.^[3] and to decrease the EIRP from 100,000 to 63,700 watts.^[4] 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-FM 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 CF Polo Park was originally slated for January 2011. CJOB 680, CJGV-FM and CJKR-FM 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 {{convert|17500|sqft|m2}}. At the time, general manager Garth Buchko said the stations had outgrown their 930 Portage Avenue facility. With the move, Corus Radio Winnipeg would also upgrade to state-of-the-art, fully digital on-air and production studios. At the end of February 2011, Groove FM completed the move to its new location at 1440 Jack Blick Avenue.^[1]

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.^[5] On November 30, 2011, the CRTC approved CJGV-FM's application.^[6]

Switch to AC

On December 1, 2011, the station began playing all-Christmas music for the holiday season, and announced plans to flip to adult contemporary music on January 1, 2012. On that date, CJGV flipped to a hot adult contemporary format branded as simply 99.1 FM, before ultimately adopting Corus's "Fresh FM" brand on February 14, 2012 at 7 a.m. The first song on "Fresh" was "All Good Things (Come To An End)" by Nelly Furtado. According to Corus, the station would be playing "a wide variety of today's pop and rock hits, mixed with songs from the 80s and 90s."^[7][8][9]

On February 13, 2015, at Noon, CJGV-FM flipped to modern adult contemporary, and re-branded as 99.1 Fresh Radio as part of a national relaunch of the Fresh FM brand.^[10][11]

Peggy @ 99.1

On November 9, 2016, Corus released morning show hosts Vicki Shae and Sean Dilworth as part of a station restructure. Running without DJs and airing Christmas music during the holiday season, rumors spread that the station would flip to classic hits as "Boom 99.1," or to an FM simulcast of sister station CJOB (a move that would have required CRTC approval, as it would require a change of the description of its format.)^[12]{{better source|date=December 2016}}

On December 25, 2016, at 5 p.m., following the conclusion of its Christmas music programming, CJGV re-launched as Peggy @ 99.1, 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." The first song on Peggy was "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper.^[13][14][15] In March 2017, CJGV-FM changed the call letters to CFPG-FM.^[16]

Brands

References

External links

• Peggy @ 99.1
• [https://www.facebook.com/peggy991 Facebook Page]
• {{History of Canadian Broadcasting}}
• {{RecnetCanada|CJGV-FM}}

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