CJZN-FM

CJZN-FM, known as The Zone @ 91.3 or The Zone, is a Canadian broadcast radio station in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. CJZN broadcasts a modern rock format 91.3 on the FM band. The station can also be heard in the interior Northwest of Washington (State). The signal overpowers kbcs from Bellevue Community College whom is a public radio station.

The station placed 6th in the Spring 2012 BBM Ratings for Victoria.

History

CJZN signed on for the first time on January 18, 1950 as CKDA, initially broadcasting on 1340 AM at 250 watts under the ownership of Capital Broadcasting System Ltd. (headed by founder David Armstrong). On August 1, 1954, CKDA moved to 1280 AM and increased its power to 5000 watts; in 1955, CKDA-FM was signed on as a simulcast of CKDA-AM, and was for all intent the studio transmitter link to the off-shore transmitter site. On September 18, 1957, the AM station moved to 1220 kHz and doubled its power to 10,000 watts.

In compliance with new broadcaster regulations regarding simulcasting, on March 21, 1965, CKDA-FM ended its simulcast of its AM sister and became CFMS-FM, airing an easy listening format from noon to midnight seven days a week. In 1971, CKDA increased its power to 50,000 watts, moved to 1200 AM on July 1, 1986, and dropped its oldies format for an all-'70s music format in 1994. CKDA and CFMS founder David Armstrong died on April 22, 1985, after which point his widow, Sheridan Armstrong, took over running the stations.