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CJSS-FM
CJSS-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 101.9 FM in Cornwall, Ontario. The station broadcasts a classic hits format branded as Boom 101.9. CJSS-FM is owned by Corus Entertainment, who acquired the station, along with CFLG, in 2001.
The station was launched in 1945 by the city's daily newspaper, the "Cornwall Standard Freeholder", with the call sign CKSF. In 1957, the newspaper also launched CKSF-FM. Two years later, the stations
were acquired by Stanley Shankman, the owner of CJSS-TV, and both changed their callsigns to CJSS as well.
By 1963, Shenkman had sold his broadcast holdings. Ernie Bushnell purchased CJSS-TV 8, using it as a repeater of Ottawa's CJOH-TV; the radio stations were sold to the local Émard family.
The radio stations were subsequently acquired by Tri Co Broadcasting in 1978. Tri Co converted CJSS to the FM band in 1999. CJSS' former frequency, 1220 AM, did not