CJCB (AM)

CJCB

Broadcast area	Sydney, Nova Scotia
Branding	CJCB AM 1270
Slogan	Cape Breton's country favorites!
Frequency	1270 kHz (AM)
First air date	February 14, 1929
Format	country
Power	10 kW (day and night)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	C J Cape Breton
Owner	Maritime Broadcasting System
Sister stations	CHER-FM, CKPE-FM
Webcast	Listen live
Website	CJCB AM 1270

CJCB is a Canadian radio station broadcasting from Sydney, Nova Scotia at 1270 AM. The station is one of the oldest radio stations in the Atlantic Provinces, hitting the airwaves on February 14, 1929. The station's format is currently country music. CJCB is the only commercial radio station in Canada to broadcast at 1270 AM.

The station is owned by the Halifax-based company Maritime Broadcasting System, a company that owns several other radio stations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

CJCB was an Adult Contemporary/Oldies/Top 40 formatted station prior to trading formats with long time country station CKPE-FM in June 1998.

Over the years, CJCB used monikers such as "The Spirit of Cape Breton", "AM's Variety Station", "Cape Breton's Superstation", and "Cape Breton's Country Favorites".

CKPE-FM and CHER-FM are its sister stations.

(CJCB was formerly a callsign of a radio station out of Nelson, British Columbia possibly dating back to the early 1900s).

The CJCB call letters are also used at a TV station in Sydney, Nova Scotia that was launched in 1954.

From 1938-76, CJCB broadcast in shortwave under the call letters CJCX at 6010 kHz.

External links

• CJCB AM 1270
• CJCB Radio History from the Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CJCB