area winnipeg capital region branding power 97 slogan winnipeg s rock frequency 97.5 mhz first air date may 27 1948 format active rock audience share 3.2 % rank 11 1 erp 310 000 watts haat 69.5 meters 228 ft former callsigns cjob fm 1948 1976 chmm fm 1976 1984 ckis fm 1984 1991 owner corus entertainment corus premium television ltd. sister stations radio cjob cjgv fm tv cknd dt webcast listen live website www.power97.com cjkr fm is a canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.5 fm in winnipeg manitoba with an active rock format under its on air brand name power 97 . the station is owned and operated by corus entertainment which also owns sister stations cjob & cjgv fm . cjkr s studios & offices are located at 1485 portage avenue at winnipeg s polo park . cjkr fm is the most powerful fm radio station in canada operating at 310 000 watts . most fm stations in canada and the united states run 100 000 watts or less . but because ckjr fm is one of the oldest fm stations in canada it was grandfathered at a much higher power . 2 in winnipeg 98.3 cbw fm also operates at a higher power at 160 000 watts . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 changing owners and studios 1.2 flip to classic rock 1.3 return to active rock 2 references 3 external links history edit the station first signed on the air on may 27 1948 as cjob fm an fm simulcast of cjob . 4 the station applied to the bbg to move its broadcast frequency from 103.1 mhz to the current 97.5 mhz . 5 it began airing distinct programming in 1962 featured a country music format as chmm fm in the late 1970s and early 1980s and then changed its format to soft rock and its call sign to ckis fm in 1984 . 6 in the late 1980s ckis fm moved to a rock music format which was not in compliance with its licence at that time . eventually the station was allowed to amend its licence stick with the rock format and changed its call letters to cjkr fm in 1991 . in the late 2000s the station moved from mainstream rock to active rock by reducing the classic rock in its playlist aiming at a youthful male audience . changing owners and studios edit in 2000 western international communications sold its winnipeg stations to corus entertainment in 2000 . in april 2010 corus radio winnipeg announced the 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 polo park was scheduled 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 storey building expanding its radio production and business operations to 17 500 square feet 1 630 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 systems . at the end of february 2011 cjkr fm completed the move to its new location at 1440 jack blick avenue . flip to classic rock edit at noon on january 29 2015 after playing fade to black by metallica cjkr began stunting with liners promoting that winnipeg would be getting big the following day at 8 a.m. interspersed between 5 second clips of songs with the word big . at that time cjkr flipped to a classic rock format as 97.5 big fm putting it in direct competition with long time classic rock station citi fm although that station still plays current rock songs describing itself as mainstream rock . the first song on big fm was big time by peter gabriel . the new format was being described as a homage to winnipeg s rock heritage with a playlist that is familiar and less predictable and has rock credibility . 7 8 9 in november 2015 veteran broadcaster shadoe davis was hired for the shadoe davis show from 6 10am weekdays . in march he was joined by another veteran winnipeg broadcaster joe aiello . shadoe & joe can now be heard together with traffic reports from randy parker and news with kathy kennedy . return to active rock edit on august 12 2016 at noon cjkr fm rebranded back to power 97 and returned to its active rock format . 10 11 references edit spring 2016 numeris survey http blog.fagstein.com 2016 06 28 ckoi is moving its transmitter comment page 1 http fccdata.org call cbw fm & ccode 2 & city & state & country ca & party local radio station prepares fm sending . winnipeg tribune . april 13 1948 . city station asks two fm programs . winnipeg tribune . september 29 1960 . local fm station is going to ckis . winnipeg free press . may 29 1984 . power 97 fm playing different tunes today . winnipeg free press . retrieved 30 january 2015 . power gives way to 97.5 big fm . winnipeg sun . retrieved 30 january 2015 . power 97 becomes big fm power 97 returns to winnipeg power 97 back on winnipeg radio waves external links edit official website cjkr fm history canadian communications foundation query the rec s canadian station 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