branding jewel 100.5 fm slogan lite & refreshing frequency 100.5 mhz fm first air date 2002 format soft adult contemporary adult standards audience share 1.6 % rank 14 1 erp 100 000 watts callsign meaning cf jewel former callsigns chnr fm 2002 2005 ckfe fm 2005 2006 chnk fm 2006 2011 owner evanov communications sister stations ckjs chwe fm webcast listen live website jewelwpg.com cfjl fm is a radio station licensed to winnipeg manitoba broadcasting at 100.5 fm . owned by evanov communications it broadcasts a soft adult contemporary adult standards format branded as jewel 100.5 fm . cfjl is co located with sister stations ckjs and chwe fm at 520 corydon avenue . contents 1 history 1.1 sale to evanov shift to soft ac 2 references 3 external links history edit the station was originally launched in 2002 as chnr fm a nostalgia station owned by ckvn radiolink system inc. 2 it was acquired by newcap radio in 2005 . the station was branded as cafe 100.7 and adopted an adult album alternative format on december 26 of that year with the call sign ckfe fm . on december 26 2006 the station became chnk fm and was rebranded as hank 100.7 playing a classic country format . in september 2007 chnk fm successfully applied to the crtc for a power increase citing reception difficulties in the market . on december 6 the station was granted the power increase taking 100.7 fm from 1 300 watts to an average effective radiated power of 60 200 watts . 3 the hank tank hummer h2 2007 on july 6 2010 the station became k rock 100.7 and switched to a blues leaning classic rock format retaining its chnk call sign . 4 by 2011 chnk fm began shifting towards a mainstream rock direction by adding newer live versions of classic rock songs . sale to evanov shift to soft ac edit in may 2011 newcap announced that it was selling chnk fm and ckjs to evanov communications pending crtc approval . 5 on october 24 2011 the crtc approved evanov communications acquisition of chnk fm and its sister station ckjs . 6 cfjl s logo during christmas music stunting in 2011 logo for the breeze 100.7 on november 26 2011 chnk fm became cfjl fm and was branded as the lounge 100.7 winnipeg s christmas music station playing non stop christmas music . the cfjl fm call sign was previously carried by sister station chwe fm which received its new call sign the same day . on december 26 2011 cfjl fm re branded as 100.7 the breeze with a soft adult contemporary and adult standards format . like all ac stations owned by evanov cfjl is a reporter to the mediabase and nielsen bds canadian ac panels . in early november 2013 the station dropped its breeze branding and rebranded as simply 100.7 lite and refreshing . 7 on january 1 2014 the station rebranded as jewel 101 fm becoming the sixth station owned by evanov to adopt the branding . 8 beginning in 2014 cfjl fm became the broadcaster for winnipeg goldeyes baseball games . in the press announcement for this broadcasting agreement the station was referred to as 100.7 fm suggesting a possible rebrand of the station in the next year . 1 indeed in october 2013 the crtc approved a change to cfjl fm s broadcast licence releasing the station from operating in a specialty format . 9 this allowed the station to remove much of the adult standards material from its playlist and become a straightforward soft ac station . cfjl had requested this change because the soft ac nostalgia hybrid format was not economically viable . in august 2014 the crtc approved a request by evanov to move cfjl to the frequency of 100.5 fm and increase its power to 100 000 watts . evanov felt that the 100.7 frequency had attracted a poor stigma among advertisers and listeners due to the station s failed attempts to generate audience interest under specialty formats . as such the company believed that moving cfjl would improve the station s viability by providing improved reception and the opportunity to re launch the station . 10 11 on the evening of may 25 2015 the station went off air to allow technicians to install the new more powerful transmitter . it will come back on air may 26 at 10 00am and will adjust its frequency and name to become jewel 100.5 fm . references edit spring 2016 numeris survey broadcasting decision crtc 2002 225 crtc decision 2007 416 winnipeg s classic country hank turns classic rock . radio info.com . 6 july 2010 . newfoundland capital press release via canadian newswire newcap to sell winnipeg radio stations may 19 2010 . broadcasting decision crtc 2011 661 upper midwest broadcasting 04 november 2013 site update . the breeze has blown jewel hits the fm dial . winnipeg free press . retrieved 22 may 2016 . crtc decision 2013 550 11 october 2013 . crtc application for frequency change zip . evanov communications . retrieved 27 august 2014 . broadcasting decision crtc 2014 435 . crtc . retrieved 21 august 2014 . external links edit official website cfjl fm history canadian communications foundation query the rec s canadian station database for cfjl fm v t e radio stations in winnipeg selkirk manitoba winnipeg cjml 580 cjob 680 ckjs 810 cbw 990 cfrw 1290 cksb 10 fm 88.1 cbw 1 fm 89.3 cksb fm 89.9 ckxl 91.1 citi 92.1 ckyz 92.9 cjnu 93.7 chiq 94.3 chvn 95.1 ckuw 95.9 cjkr 97.5 cbw fm 98.3 cjgv 99.1 cfwm 99.9 cfjl 100.5 cjum 101.5 cky fm 102.3 ckmm 103.1 ciur 104.7 chwe 106.1 ckcl 107.1 defunct ckic 92.9 cjwv 107.9 selkirk cfqx 104.1 cicy 105.5 specialty services radio humsafar nearby radio markets brandon westman region pembina valley region see also list of radio stations in manitoba v t e evanov communications radio stations energy chwe fm the jewel cfjl fm chsv fm cjwl fm ckdx fm ckhk fm ckpc fm other cfmb chrc fm chrf ciao cidc fm cirr fm ckhy fm ckhz fm ckjs ckpc coordinates 49 45 20 n 97 07 53 w 49.7556 n 97.1314 w 49.7556 ; 97.1314 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cfjl fm & oldid 735027209 categories radio stations in winnipegsoft adult contemporary radio stations in canadaadult 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