radioINSIGHT and The Winnipeg Free Press are both reporting that Winnipeg's Power 97 (owned by Corus) will have a new format at 8AM Friday.
Big Change Coming In Winnipeg Friday
Last Updated on January 29, 2015 at 6:48 pm
Corus Rock “Power 97” 97.5 CJKR-FM Winnipeg is currently stunting with a tease that “Something BIG Is Coming Tomorrow”.
CJKR ended its Rock format at noon today following Metallica’s “Fade To Black” and is looping a sweeper promoting the 8am launch. At that time it is expected the station will flip to Country “97.5 Big-FM“. 975BigFM.com was registered earlier this month by Corus.
Corus let go of CJKR morning co-host TJ Connors and afternoon host Holly Bausman as part of layoffs at its Winnipeg cluster earlier this week. A flip to Country would place CJKR in direct competition with Jim Pattison Broadcast Group’s “QX104” CFQX-FM. While “Power 97.5” registered a 2.6 share in the Fall 2014 Numeris ratings, CFQX-FM was third overall in the market and the top music station with a 9.8 share
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Thanks to Dan Sys for the tip on this story!