CJGY-FM | |
Airdate: | December 3, 2007 |
Frequency: | 96.3 MHz (FM) |
City: | Grande Prairie, Alberta |
Area: | Grande Prairie Dawson Creek Fort St. John |
Format: | Christian contemporary music |
Owner: | Golden West Broadcasting |
Erp: | 30 kWs vertical 70 kWs horizontal |
Branding: | 96.3 Reach FM |
Class: | C1 |
Website: | reachfm.ca |
CJGY-FM (96.3 FM, "Reach 96.3") is a radio station licensed to Grande Prairie, Alberta. Owned by Golden West Broadcasting, it broadcasts a Christian radio format serving Grand Prairie, as well as the cities of Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, British Columbia via rebroadcasters.
The station received approval in 2006[1] and launched on December 3, 2007 as 96.3 Shine FM. In 2012, the station was transferred to Grande Prairie Radio, Ltd., owned by Touch Canada Broadcasting co-partner Peter Teichroeb. In 2013, the station re-branded as 96.3 Reach FM, although no change in format was made.
On January 27, 2016, the station received CRTC approval to add new FM transmitters in Dawson Creek (96.7 MHz) and Fort St. John, British Columbia (97.1 MHz).[2] The transmitters, which commenced broadcasting in Summer 2016, repeat the same programs as CJGY-FM, but with local inserts, including news, weather and community information.[3]
In 2017, the station was sold to Golden West Broadcasting.[4] In 2023, Golden West requested a license amendment that would allow the station to broadcast a format based on popular music, citing that the Christian format had a small audience and was not profitable. The amendment was approved by the CRTC in January 2024.[5]
CJGY-FM has the following rebroadcasters: