CJON-DT
CJON-DT, UHF channel 21 (branded on-air as "NTV", short for "Newfoundland Television"), is an English language independent television station located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The station is owned by Stirling Communications International (primarily owned by the estate of Geoff Stirling and his family). CJON's studios are located on Logy Bay Road in St. John's, and its transmitter is located atop the South Side Hills. The station also operates additional rebroadcast transmitters throughout the province.
Through extensive coverage in Canada, this station can be seen on Rogers Cable channel 5 (St. John's); EastLink TV channel 7 (most other parts of NL); Bell Aliant IPTV channel 27 (NL/NS/NB/PEI); Bell TV channel 199; Telus Optik TV channel 30 (AB/BC); SaskTel Max channel 30 (SK); and Vidéotron Illico channel 405 (QC). On Shaw Direct, the channel is available on 310 (Classic) or 063 (Advanced), and in high definition on channel 054 (Classic) or 554 (Advanced). There is a high definition feed offered on Rogers Cable channel 521, EastLink TV channel 605 and Bell Aliant IPTV channel 404.
CJYQ
CJYQ is an AM radio station broadcasting at 930 kHz in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Owned by Newcap Radio and airing a Country music format, the station is currently branded as "Kixx Country".
History
The station was launched in 1950 as CJON and was owned by the Newfoundland Broadcasting Company (Geoff Stirling and Don Jamieson), which launched CJON-TV in 1955. The company later launched additional AM stations throughout the province.
In 1977, Jamieson transferred his interest in Newfoundland Broadcasting to Stirling in exchange for the AM stations. As part of the deal, the stations changed call signs, in CJON's case to CJYQ. All the new call signs ended in "Q", so the group became known as the "Q Radio Network".
In 1983, Jamieson sold the stations to CHUM Limited. During CHUM's ownership, the Q Radio stations became oldies stations, while a new co-owned country music FM station, CKIX, was launched. In 1990, the stations were sold again to Newcap Broadcasting, which quickly converted the AM stations outside St. John's to country music (fed from CKIX). Two of the stations were closed soon after, while the others eventually converted to FM.
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