CJMO-FM

CJMO-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 103.1 FM in Moncton, New Brunswick. The station uses its on-air branding C103. CJMO's studios are located on Arsenault Court, in the Moncton Industrial Park while its transmitter is located on Caledonia Mountain. The station is owned by Newcap Radio which also owns sister station CJXL-FM. CJMO-FM has a mainstream rock format on the programming spectrum.

History

On August 5, 1986, J.R. Gordon, representing a company to be incorporated (would be known as Atlantic Stereo Ltd.) was given approval to operate a new FM station at Moncton. The new facility would broadcast on a frequency of 103.1 MHz and have an effective radiated power of 46,800 watts. The format would be album-oriented rock (Group II harder pop and rock) aimed at the 18 to 34 age group. Competing applications by Radio One Ltd. (CIHI-AM Fredericton) and Radio-Aboiteux Ltee (the former CHLR-AM Moncton) were denied.

CJMO-FM was owned by a group of Moncton businessmen, headed by Rick Gordon, then an 18 year veteran of broadcasting. The studio building, in a new facility on Arsenault Court in the Moncton Industrial Park, provided 8,400 square feet of space on two floors. In addition to being owner, Rick Gordon was also general manager. He named Michael Leaman, engineering director and Larry McCaw, program director. Paul Wiggins was brought in from Vancouver's CFMI-FM (Rock 101) as Music Director and Assistant Program Director for CJMO. Paul Wiggins was CFMI's programming innovator for Discumentary, a one-hour musical documentary of programming featuring a particular artist or a particular theme, which was syndicated throughout Canada, and broadcast internationally on the Anik D satellite.