CIBH-FM (88.5 The Beach) is a Canadianradio station located inParksville,British Columbia. The station, which operates on 88.5FM, is owned by Island Radio, a division of theJim Pattison Group.

CIBH first went on the air on December 3, 1973, asCHPQ (which stood forCoombs,Hilliers,Parksvillle andQualicum Beach), a semi-satellite ofNanaimo stationCHUB (owned by Nanaimo Broadcasting Co.), operating on 1370AM with 1,000 watts of power.

In 1986, Nanaimo Broadcasting sold CHUB and CHPQ to Benchmark Ventures Inc. (headed by Gene Daniels, who became general manager of both stations); by 1992, CHPQ was producing 43 hours of local programming each week, with the rest of its schedule originating at CHUB. In 1994, Benchmark Ventures merged with Central Island Broadcasting Ltd. (later Island Radio), and theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted CHUB permission to move to 102.3 FM (as CKWV) and to place a rebroadcaster in Parksville (CKWV-FM-1) on 99.9 FM. The switch took effect in early 1995, at which point two other switches took place; Nanaimo stationCKEG moved to the old CHUB frequency of 1570, and CHPQ took over CKEG's former frequency on 1350 AM and became CKCI on July 31, increasing its transmission power from 1,000 watts to 10,000. In 1999, CKCI began simulcasting CKEG'soldies format as the two stations took the on-air nameGood Time Oldies. On January 14, 2002, CKCI moved to 88.5 FM and became CIBH-FM, adopting its currentadult contemporary format.^[1]

The CHPQ call sign is now used by the former CKWV rebroadcasterCKWV-FM-1, which began airing a separate schedule on February 11, 2005.

On November 1, 2005, the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group and Island Radio Ltd. announced that Island Radio had agreed to sell its six radio stations (including CIBH) to the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group; following CRTC approval, Pattison assumed ownership of the Island Radio stations at midnight on June 30, 2006.

• 88.5 The Beach
• CIBH-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
• CIBH-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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• Radio stations in British Columbia
• Adult contemporary radio stations in Canada
• Jim Pattison Group radio stations
• Radio stations established in 1973
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