CJIQ-FM

CJIQ-FM is a non-commercial Canadian radio station in Kitchener, Ontario, serving the tri-cities of Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo. It is the campus radio station of Conestoga College and it airs an alternative rock format with other genres of music heard on weekends. The station is run and staffed by the students of the and programs at the Doon campus.
CJIQ broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 3,020 watts. Its transmitter is atop the CIII-TV Global tower in Ayr. CJIQ can also be heard on Rogers Digital Cable 947.

History

The station was granted an instructional license from the Canadian Radio-television and [Telecommunications Commission] in July of 1999, and signed on for testing in November 2000.
When It officially launched on January 8, 2001 the station was originally called “The Condor” named after the school’s mascot. It aired a hot adult contemporary and contemporary hit radio format. That was later changed to alternative rock.