{{short description|Radio station in Wawa, Ontario}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox radio station | name = CJWA-FM | logo = CJWA 100.7-107.1 50th logo.jpg | logo_size = 200px | airdate = {{Start date|1998}} | frequency = 107.1 MHz | city = Wawa, Ontario | country = CA | format = Adult contemporary | owner = Labbe Media | erp = 210 watts | haat = {{convert|122|m}} | branding = JJAM FM | class = A | callsign_meaning = "Wawa" (broadcast area) | webcast = [https://www.jjamfm.live/listen-live-3 Listen Live] | website = [https://www.jjamfm.live/ jjamfm.live] }}
'''CJWA-FM''' is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 107.1 FM in Wawa, Ontario. The station broadcasts an adult contemporary format under the on-air brand ''JJAM FM''.
==History== ===The original CJWA=== CJWA was originally launched in 1964 by Sault Ste. Marie's Highland Broadcasting as an AM station, broadcasting at 1240 kHz on the AM dial. The station aired a mixture of original programming and simulcasting of the Sault station CJIC and was a CBC Radio affiliate until 1985. In 1976, an ownership shuffle in the Sault gave CJWA to Huron Broadcasting, which converted the station's simulcast source to its own CKCY.
On December 13, 1984, the CRTC approved a number of applications for a number of AM radio stations across Ontario including CJWA Wawa to increase their nighttime power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts. <ref>[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1984/DB84-1030.htm Decision CRTC 84-1030]</ref>
In 1985, CKCY and CJWA were acquired by CKCY 920 Ltd.,<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1985/DB85-67.HTM Decision CRTC 85-67]</ref> who again changed the station's simulcasting source, this time to CKCY's sister station CJQM. In 1988, the stations were acquired by the Mid-Canada Radio network,<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1988/DB88-571.HTM Decision CRTC 88-571]</ref> which in turn was sold to the Pelmorex Radio Network in 1990.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/DB90-676.HTM Decision CRTC 90-676]</ref> Pelmorex changed the station's simulcasting source again, this time to CHAS.
Pelmorex subsequently closed CJWA 1240 AM in September 1996, leaving Wawa without a locally based radio station. (The only other stations serving Wawa at the time were those rebroadcasting CBC Radio and Radio-Canada from Sudbury.)
===Rebirth of CJWA on FM===
In 1998, North Superior Broadcasting received approval from the CRTC to establish a new FM station, which would replace their existing Wawa rebroadcaster of CFNO-FM in Marathon;<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1998/DB98-147.htm CRTC Decision 1998-147]</ref> the station adopted the "CJWA-FM" call sign as an homage to the original CJWA that closed down two years earlier. In 1999, the station added a rebroadcast transmitter, CJWA-FM-1 100.7 FM in Chapleau, also through conversion of an existing CFNO retransmitter, as well as a new rebroadcaster at Michipicoten, CJWA-FM-3 100.7 FM.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1999/DB99-260.HTM Decision CRTC 99-260]</ref>
In 2002, CJWA-FM was acquired by Labbe Media and now operates under the supervision of president and CEO Rick Labbe.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2002/db2002-259.htm CRTC Decision 2002-259].</ref>
On January 18, 2005, Labbe Media received approval by the CRTC to change the authorized contours of CJWA-FM-1 Chapleau by decreasing the effective radiated power from 130 watts to 111 watts and by decreasing the effective antenna height from 37 metres to 30.5 metres.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2005/db2005-12.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-12]</ref>
==Transmitters== {{RadioRebroadcasters | rec = true | callsign = CJWA-FM | call1 = CJWA-FM-1 | freq1 = 100.7 FM | watts1 = 111 | class1 = A1 | city1 = Chapleau | call2 = CJWA-FM-3 | freq2 = 100.7 FM | watts2 = 5 | class2 = LP | city2 = Michipicoten }}
==Other== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20151222172139/https://jjamfm.wordpress.com/ JJAM FM Radio Blog | Just another WordPress.com weblog] *[https://jjamfmradio.blogspot.com/ JJAM FM Radio from blogspot.com]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.jjamfm.live/ JJAM FM] * [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-northern/CJWA-FM CJWA-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation *{{RecnetCanada|CJWA-FM}}
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