fm slogan big hits & real classic rock 1 frequency 101.1 mhz first air date 1949 at 1230 am 1994 at 101.1 fm format classic rock erp 4 300 watts average 7 500 watts peak haat 303.5 meters 996 ft class b owner corus entertainment 591589 b.c. ltd. sister stations chay fm website official website ciqb fm is a canadian radio station that broadcasts a classic rock format at 101.1 fm in barrie ontario . the station uses the on air brand name 101.1 big fm and is owned by corus entertainment which also owns sister station chay fm . history edit ckbb am was launched on august 31 1949 by ralph snelgrove s barrie broadcasting company at am 1230 . it signed on as barrie s first radio station and was initially a mixture of music and talk programming . it moved to 950 am in 1958 . in december 1983 the station was acquired by kawartha broadcasting and in 1987 ownership passed to the broadcasting arm of power corporation of canada . in november 1994 after more than 45 years on the am dial ckbb moved to fm as ciqb fm at 101.1 . 2 the station became known as b101 originally airing a hot adult contemporary format . ciqb was acquired by corus entertainment in april 2000 . on october 15 2000 the station shifted to ac taking the format from sister station chay fm which flipped to top 40 as energy radio . the station reverted to hot ac in august 2003 when sister station chay fm returned to ac and finally to top 40 in 2008 . it was one of three top 40 stations owned by corus radio along with ckqb fm in ottawa and ckbt fm in kitchener . ciqb s b101 logo used until july 29 2016 on july 27 2016 ciqb s website was replaced with a countdown clock to july 29 at noon . at that time after playing anybody listening by classified the station flipped to classic rock branded as 101.1 big fm . the first song on big fm was big time by peter gabriel . 3 the flip occurred in order to reduce the format overlap with sister station chay which airs a hot ac format . with the change morning host dave blezard moves to afternoons at chay while ciqb s new airstaff was announced on august 2 . 4 5 6 7 8 references edit http www.1011bigfm.com decision crtc 94 627 b101 barrie becomes 101.1 big fm b101 barrie on flips to classic rock after 22 years b101 barrie flips to classic rocker big fm dave blezard now on sister station 93.1 fresh fm new air team tuesday big fm http www.1011bigfm.com shows 101.1 big fm commercial external links edit big 101.1 official site ciqb fm history canadian communications foundation decision crtc 94 627 query the rec s canadian station database for ciqb fm v t e barrie history barrie jail live 8 robert barrie 1985 tornado politics jeff lehman mayor ann hoggarth olp mpp barrie city council education barrie public library georgian college simcoe county school board catholic school board culture uptown theater maclaren art centre kempenfest barrie film festival media barrie advance barrie examiner ctv two rogers tv chay rock 95 life 100.3 big fm kool fm sports barrie 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