CJCA

Edmonton Alberta's first radio station, AM 930 CJCA was established 90 years ago today.  They currently carry a Contemporary Christian station known as "The Light."



This 1993 CBC news clip reports that CJCA would be going off the air. They resumed broadcasting under new ownership on April 3, 1994.

CKEA

CKEA "Lite 95.7" is an Adult Contemporary station in Edmonton, Alberta.

The Many Lives of CKRA

CKRA went on the air in Edmonton, Alberta in 1979 with an Album-Oriented Rock format. 

 

Sometime in the 1980s they switched to Adult Contemporary as "96 K-Lite" and/or "K-Lite 96."  

In 1995 they became "Mix 96" with a Hot Adult Contemporary format.

 

In 2003 CKRA trotted out a CHR format known as "96X."

 

The Country-formatted "Big Earl" came along in 2005 and lasted until 2008.               As of this second, CKRA is an Oldies/Classic Hits station known as "96.3 Capital FM" whose logo can be seen on their website.

National Joe Day - CKNG

Today is another useless novelty "holiday" where everyone can feel free to call themselves and others "Joe." I'm now firmly convinced that this place is simply making crap up in order to get content for their website.

CKNG "Joe FM" was a Classic Hits station from Edmonton, Alberta.