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| Broadcast area | Halifax Regional Municipality |
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| Frequency | 100.1MHz (FM) |
| Branding | Move 100 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult contemporary |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| CJCH-FM,CJCH-DT | |
| History | |
First air date | November 1,1977 |
Call sign meaning | C100 (former branding) or C100.1 (frequency) |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 185.1 meters (607 ft) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | iheartradio.ca/move/halifax |
CIOO-FM is a Canadianadult contemporary formatted radio station, broadcasting at 100.1FM inHalifax,Nova Scotia serving the Halifax Regional Municipality. The station uses the on-air brand nameMove 100 and broadcasts an adult contemporary format switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. It was originally owned byToronto basedCHUM Limited until the company's buy-out byCTVglobemedia in 2007, and thenBell Media in 2011. CIOO's studios are located at the intersection of Russell and Agricola Streets in Halifax (right behind sister stationCJCH-DT), with its transmitter located on Washmill Lake Drive inClayton Park.
In 1976, Radio 920, Ltd., a division ofCHUM Limited, applied to theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for a newFM radio station broadcasting at 100,000 watts with a dial position of 100.1 MHz. This would be the third FM radio station in Halifax after FM stationsCBH-FM andCHFX-FM. Radio 920, Ltd. also ownedCTV affiliateCJCH-TV andCJCH-AM. The CRTC subsequently approved the application.
On November 1, 1977, CIOO began broadcasting as aneasy listening station using the brandingC100. As a new decade approached, CIOO changed its programming format toalbum rock. This gave listeners an opportunity to hear more than just thetop 40 hits from a particular artist, such as other songs not yet on AM radio. In 1983,CHUM Limited tested a simulcast project with new TV stationASN by airingAtlantic Canada's Choice, counting down the week's best albums from 20 to 1 that was simulcast on both radio and TV and hosted by Geoff Banks. This lasted until spring 1985, where the station again reformatted its programming.
The spring of 1985 saw the station take on another programming angle,Top 40 along witholdies, such asThe Beach Boys among others. This format was phased out not long after, when the station moved towardsadult contemporary. The station utilized such slogans as "Lite Rock... Less Talk", "Great Light Rock Hits" and "...Even More Lite Rock Hits". CIOO moved to aHot AC format in 1993. Like most hot AC stations in Canada, CIOO leaned rhythmic, though not as heavy as sister stationCHUM-FM/Toronto. With sister stationCJCH-FM adopting aRhythmic/Dance Top 40 presentation by 2013, CIOO modified its playlist towards a conventionalAdult Top 40 direction. New sister stations since 2013 areTruro-basedCKTY-FM andCKTO-FM.
On December 21, 1984, CHUM Limited was denied a license to add an FM transmitter at 94.9 MHz inMiddleton to rebroadcast the programming of CIOO.[1]
On December 27, 2020, as part of a mass format reorganization by Bell Media, CIOO rebranded asMove 100, ending 43 years of the "C100" branding. While the station would run jockless for the first week of the format, on-air staff would return on January 4, 2021.[2]
In 2022, CIOO flipped toadult contemporary.
Long before the Breakfast Club, the station used one DJ personality. Geoff Banks hosted the morning show for the better part of the 1980s, before Biggs took over and shortly thereafter.
CIOO formerly broadcast the radio version of theMuchMoreMusic countdown, but stopped airing it sometime in 2007.
CIOO branded itself as playing the most music for Halifax[4] with:
Every Year on New Year's Eve, CIOO played the top 100 songs of the radio stations of that year.
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