CIGM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts in Sudbury, Ontario. The station broadcasts country music, news and sports, at 790 on the AM dial.
The station first aired at FM 92.7 in 1965, with the call letters CKSO-FM. It adopted the CIGM calls in 1977. CIGM and sister station CKSO-AM were owned by Cambrian Broadcasting, who sold them to United Broadcasting in 1979. In 1986, United sold CKSO and CIGM to Telemedia.
In 1990, CKSO and CIGM swapped frequencies. CIGM moved to CKSO's 790 slot on the AM dial, and CKSO took on the new call letters CJRQ and CIGM's 92.7 FM frequency. After the 1990 swap, the CKSO call sign no longer existed in the Sudbury area until a Christian music station began test transmissions in late 2002.
In 2002, Telemedia was purchased by Standard Broadcasting. Shortly afterward, Standard sold CJRQ, CIGM and CJMX to Rogers Communications.
In fall 2005, CIGM and sister station CKAT in North Bay underwent a format change, with country music cut back (although not entirely eliminated) in favour of increased news and sports programming.
Sale
In July 2008, Rogers announced it would trade CIGM to Newcap Broadcasting in exchange for Halifax AM station CFDR (the transaction is pending CRTC approval). Both stations are the sole remaining AM stations in their respective markets, and in both cases the current owner already has the maximum permitted number of FM stations in the applicable market, whereas the acquirer only has a single FM station. Both companies will be applying to move the stations to FM as part of the trade.[1]
If approved, the purchase will make CIGM a sister station to Newcap's CHNO-FM. With the concurrent launch of a new FM country music station, CICS-FM, by Larche Communications in the city, an FM conversion for CIGM may also presage a format change for the station, although to date Newcap has not indicated its plans.
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