Most listened to Winnipeg AM station applying to simulcast on FM band

by Myron Love WINNIPEG -- CJOB, Winnipeg’s most listened to radio station, is applying to the CRTC to simulcast on FM as well as AM. “It’s not that we want to abandon the AM dial,” says CJOB general manager Garth Buchko. “AM is important to us. It’s just that with more and more taller buildings going up in downtown Winnipeg, we find that there are pockets throughout the city that our signal can’t reach now. With FM, everybody will be able to hear us.” Buchko is hopeful that the CRTC will respond to CJOB’s application within the next six months...