CIBH-FM
CIBH-FM is a Canadian radio station located in Parksville, British Columbia. The station, which operates on 88.5 FM, is owned by Island Radio, a division of the Jim Pattison Group.
History
CIBH first went on the air on December 3, 1973, as CHPQ, a semi-satellite of Nanaimo station CHUB, operating on 1370 AM with 1,000 watts of power.In 1986, Nanaimo Broadcasting sold CHUB and CHPQ to Benchmark Ventures Inc. ; 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., and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission granted CHUB permission to move to 102.3 FM and to place a rebroadcaster in Parksville on 99.9 FM. The switch took effect in early 1995, at which point two other switches took place; Nanaimo station CKEG 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's oldies format as the two stations took the on-air name Good Time Oldies. On January 14, 2002, CKCI moved to 88.5 FM and became CIBH-FM, adopting its current adult contemporary format.
The CHPQ call sign is now used by the former CKWV rebroadcaster CKWV-FM-1, which began airing a separate schedule on February 11, 2005.