| description: | Cjrc, Studio "A", Inside The Royal Alexandra Hotel, Winnipeg Showing Furniture And A Piano. The Station Was Owned And Operated By James Richardson & Sons, Ltd. In 1933 A Licence Was Taken Out To Operate Cjrc From Winnipeg. (This Station Still Operates But As Ckrc). In 1934 The Cjrc Studios At The Royal Alexandra Hotel Was Enlarged. In 1936 The Power Of This Station Was Increased To 1000 Watts And The Frequency Changed To 630 Kilocycles. To Accomplish This, Cjgx Station At Yorton Was Purchased Transferring Their 1000 Watt Transmitter To Winnipeg And Using Their Frequency. After All These Changes Three Transmitters Were On The Standard Broadcast Band, Regina, Yorkton, And Winnipeg With Call Letters Cjrm, Cjgx, Cjrc Respectively, In Addition To 2 Shortwave Transmitters At Middlechurch, Mb, With Call Letters Of Cjro And Cjrx. In 1940, Cjrm, Cjrc And The Two Shortwaves Were Sold To The Sifton Familly And Cjgx To Dawson Richardson (No Connection To James Richardson & Sons Ltd) |