Vista has taken full control of the Bell stations that they purchased in British Columbia, and none of the stations have changed format. All the AM stations are listed below. Most of them now use the ‘Summit’ branding that were formerly branded ‘Bounce,’ as Bell retained the ‘Bounce’ brand. Based on the new Vista station logos and web sites, the original press release and DXer reports, the ‘Summit’ branding appears to vary slightly from station-to-station depending on the frequency, used before or after “Summit,” and whether AM is mentioned.
580 CHAH AB Edmonton – 4/27 0010-0013 – Open Carrier from when tuned in until 0013.
Second time Open Carrier heard at beginning of same 0000-0100 Chinese language programming block. Also . . . noticed twice recently with 5-10 minutes of Open Carrier at the beginning of the 0001-0100 weeknight Chinese-language programming block. This station is worth watching by those where CHAH is dominant on 580. (JP-AB)
590 CFTK BC Terrace – Switched branding to ‘Summit.’
630 CFCO ON Chatham – Has been approved to move to FM on 91.3 MHz with 1250 Watts
non-directional from a height of 435 feet above average terrain. The customary three-month simulcast period has been made mandatory – area station that I could not hear in awful conditions, presumably indicating they were off the air.
700 CJLI AB Calgary – 5/5 2345 & 0020 – Was the only Calgary area station that I could not hear in awful conditions, presumably indicating they were off the air. (JP-AB)
800 CKOR BC Penticton – Has switched their branding to ‘Summit.’ Noted overnight April 29-
30 on their 10 kW non-directional day pattern.
870 CKIR BC Invermere – Has switched their branding to ‘Summit.’ Any mention of the
frequency will be “106.3” and call leer IDs will be “CKGR-FM,” as they rebroadcast CKGR-FM 106.3, Golden, BC.
880 CHED AB Edmonton – With the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers still in the playoffs, CHED is airing a lot of Oilers-based programming, as well as play-by-play of all Oilers games. Don’t get confused by the endless mentions of “Rogers,” a competitor to CHED owner Corus, as they are the Canada-wide owner of the broadcast rights for NHL Hockey.
890 CJDC BC Dawson Creek – Their new slogan is “The Ranch AM 890.”
1150 CKFR BC Kelowna – Their slogan remains ‘AM 1150 News, Talk, Sports.’
1240 CJOR BC Osoyoos – Switched branding to ‘Summit.’
1340 CFKC BC Creston – Switched branding to ‘Summit.’ Any mention of the frequency will be “95.7” and their call letter IDs will be “CJAT-FM,” as they rebroadcast CJAT-FM 95.7 Trail, BC.
1400 CIOR BC Princeton – Has switched branding to ‘Summit.’ Any mention of frequency will be ‘800’ and call letter IDs will be ‘CKOR,’ as CIOR rebroadcasts CKOR 800 Penticton, BC.
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Jon Pearkins, Edmonton AB jon@pearkins.com via WOR iog (2025-05-20)