Bell Media Rebrands 13 Canadian Country Stations As Pure Country

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/...13-canadian-country-stations-as-pure-country/

The 13 stations are affected by the changes.

The following iHeartRadio Canada stations are now rebranded as PURE COUNTRY:

Ottawa’s Pure Country 94
Fredericton’s Pure Country 103.5
Nova Scotia’s Pure Country 99.5 (Truro)
London’s Pure Country 93
Central Ontario’s Pure Country 106 (Orillia, Barrie, Midland)
Pembroke’s Pure Country 96.7
Peterborough’s Pure Country 105
Sudbury’s Pure Country 91.7
Dawson Creek’s Pure Country 890
BC North’s Pure Country (Terrace, Prince Rupert, Kitimat)
Brandon’s Pure Country 101
Regina’s Pure Country 92.7
Kingston’s Pure Country 99

 

[Gregg.]

Fredericton's Pure Country 103.5 is just a translator... or what would be a translator in the U.S. It's only 250 watts, rebroadcasting AM 1260 CKHJ, one of the two remaining AM stations in New Brunswick. The other AM is also a Country station, 930 CFBC Saint John. That has no FM rebroadcaster. There are no more AM stations in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island and only a handful in Newfoundland, which make up the four Atlantic or Maritime Provinces.

But in our modern radio world, the 250 watt translator is what the station is named after, Pure Country 103.5, with no mention of the 10,000 watt AM 1260. Fredericton has no other Country station of its own. But it can hear 94.1 CHSJ Saint John, 50,000 watts on a 1250 foot tower, halfway between Saint John and Fredericton, as are most high powered Saint John FM stations.