CJNI-FM

CJNI-FM (95.7 MHz) is a Canadian radio station in Halifax, Nova Scotia. CJNI-FM has a News/Talk/Sports radio format branded as News 95.7. The station is owned by Rogers Media which also owns sister station 92.9 CFLT-FM. CJNI-FM is currently the only commercial News/Talk/Sports station in Atlantic Canada. Studios and offices are on Young Street in Halifax, while the transmitter is located on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park.

CJNI-FM
CityHalifax, Nova Scotia
Broadcast areaHalifax Regional Municipality
BrandingNews 95.7
SloganNews. Talk. Sports.
Frequency95.7 MHz (FM)
First air dateOctober 11, 2005
FormatNews/Talk/Sports
ERP65,000 watts
HAAT224.1 meters (735 ft)
ClassC1
Call sign meaningCJ News and Information
AffiliationsCBS Sports Radio
OwnerRogers Media
(Rogers Media, Inc.)
Sister stationsCFLT-FM
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.news957.com

Programming

On weekdays, CJNI-FM has all-news blocks during morning and afternoon drive times. Middays, two talk shows are heard, hosted by Rick Howe and Sheldon MacLeod. Those shows are repeated on weekends. And in the evening and overnight, along with weekend afternoons, CJNI-FM airs sports. The station carries play-by-play from three teams: Toronto Blue Jays baseball, Montreal Canadiens NHL hockey and the Halifax Mooseheads in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Other times, CBS Sports Radio programming is heard.

History

On November 26, 2004, Rogers Communications received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a new English-language News/Talk commercial FM radio station in Halifax to operate at 95.7 MHz.[1] The station officially signed on the air on October 11, 2005, at 5:30 a.m.

The station was networked with CKNI-FM in Moncton, New Brunswick, and CHNI-FM in Saint John, New Brunswick, until August 2014, when those two stations were sold to separate owners and flipped to music formats.

References
  1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-513

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