History CIDG-FM
former logo dawg fm
cidg faced difficulties in growing audience due quality of signal, restricted in power in order protect stations in cornwall , kingston on same frequency, listeners being alienated hybrid blues/blues-rock format broadcast. despite these shortcomings, station did receive praise helping promote canadian blues artists.
on april 10, 2015, torres media ottawa , pontiac community radio—owner of chip-fm 101.7 in fort-coulonge, quebec, filed requests crtc cidg , chip swap frequencies, resulting in cidg-fm moving 101.7 , chip-fm moving 101.9. torres stated move allow cidg increase power 19,500 watts, giving signal , coverage comparable other commercial radio stations in ottawa-gatineau market. condition of swap, torres stated provide pontiac community radio monetary compensation, used chip hire additional staff , advertise station. crtc approved applications on december 22, 2015. on august 23, 2016, crtc approved torres application change cidg s authorized contours. on july 18, 2016 part of license renewal, crtc removed cidg s obligation broadcast special interest music, citing allowing cidg broadcast mainstream format allow station become more competitive , economically viable.
alongside planned change in frequency, cidg announced re-launch mainstream rock station known rebel 101.7. co-owner ed torres felt station experiencing difficulty in competing against other station in market due blues-oriented format, stating s been challenge holding audience because seems go between blues , rock. ve tried tweak format in both directions see if can traction in 1 format or another. nature of way licence structured had play both. torres stated rebel have playlist [spans] number of decades ; station s format change meant fill void left ckqb-fm s switch rock top 40 in march 2014. former ckkl-fm , ckqb personalities darryl kornicky , jason j-man petrunik joined station. former dawg-fm format moved internet radio station, focus on blues material opposed mixture of blues , blues-rock.
the change in format occurred on august 26, 2016, although cidg did not move new frequency due technical issues delaying switch. cidg-fm moved 101.9 mhz 101.7 mhz on august 30, 2016 @ approximately 1:30pm edt.
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