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{{short description|Radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba}} {{Infobox radio station | logo = CITI-FM logo 2016.png | logo_size = 150px | format = [[Mainstream rock]] | class = C | former_callsigns = CKY-FM (1962–1978) | owner = [[Rogers Radio]] | licensee = Rogers Media, Inc. | name = CITI-FM | branding = 92.1 CITI | airdate = [[1962 in radio|1962]] | frequency = 92.1 [[Hertz|MHz]] | licensing_authority = [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]] | erp = 100,000 [[watt]]s average<br />140,000 watts peak | haat = {{convert|206.1|m|ft|sp=us}} | city = [[Winnipeg|Winnipeg, Manitoba]] | area = [[Winnipeg Metropolitan Region]] | sister_stations = [[CKY-FM]], [[CHMI-DT]] | webcast = [http://player.rogersradio.ca/citi Listen Live] | website = [http://www.921citi.ca/ 921citi.ca] | callsign_meaning = derived from the word "city" }} {{Redirect|CITI|other uses|Citi (disambiguation)}} '''CITI-FM''' (92.1 [[Hertz|MHz]]) is a commercial [[radio station]] broadcasting in [[Winnipeg|Winnipeg, Manitoba]], Canada. Owned by [[Rogers Radio]], a division of [[Rogers Sports & Media]], the station broadcasts a [[mainstream rock]] [[radio format|format]] branded as ''92.1 CITI''. Its studios are located on Osborne Street south of Downtown Winnipeg, while its transmitter is located at [[Duff Roblin Provincial Park]] just south of Winnipeg. ==History== The station first [[sign-on|signed on]] in 1962 as '''CKY-FM''' [[simulcast]]ing AM 580 [[CKY-FM|CKY]]<ref>[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-244]]</ref> broadcasting at 360,000 watts, making it the most powerful FM radio station in North America. The station adopted its current [[call sign]], '''CITI-FM''', on April 1, 1978,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Canadian TV must hitch to satellite technology|last=Sullivan|first=Paul|date=November 18, 1978|work=Winnipeg Free Press|page=56}}</ref> The first song played on CITI was [[Deep Purple]]'s "[[Highway Star (song)|Highway Star]]". In the early 1990s, the station was acquired by [[Rogers Radio]], who converted CITI's sister A.M. station CKY to the FM band in [[2004 in radio|2004]], and retained the CKY call sign on that station. That station now plays a [[hot AC]] format. CKY-FM was originally North America's most powerful commercial FM station. (That distinction currently belongs to [[WBCT]] in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]. Canada's most powerful FM station is [[CJKR-FM]], also in Winnipeg.) In 2003 CITI-FM was granted a decrease in [[effective radiated power]] from 210,000 to 100,000 watts. Its transmitter was then relocated 20 kilometers north of its former site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2003/db2003-180.htm|title=ARCHIVED - CITI-FM Winnipeg - Technical change|first=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)|last=Government of Canada|date=June 12, 2003|website=crtc.gc.ca}}</ref> Some notable announcers through the years at CITI are: Ross Porter (Murray), Brother Jake Edwards, Terry Klassen, Terry Dimonte, Andy Frost, Howard Mandshein, Craig Thulner, Tim "Trucker" Bradley, Gordo Fry, Lamont Hollywood, Shadoe Davis, Tom McGouran, Alix Michaels, Larry Updike, Joe Aiello, Harry Callaghan, Brian Cook, Duncan MacPhail and Cosmo. On May 17, 2012, the station rebranded itself as "World Class Rock" and began playing more 1980s, ’90s and 2000s-based [[rock music|rock]]. On September 13, 2012, CITI announced that longtime morning show hosts Tom McGouran and Joe Aiello had been let go, and would be replaced with Dave Wheeler, Phil Aubrey and Rena Jae, formerly of rival station [[CJKR-FM]]. The latter three, having comprised the morning show of ''Wheeler In The Morning with Philly and Rena'' since September 2009, were unable to come to terms on a new contract with [[Corus Radio]]. On January 12, 2015, the station's morning show ''Wheeler in the Morning'' began to be simulcast by sister [[Citytv]] station [[CHMI-DT]], replacing the cancelled Winnipeg version of ''[[Breakfast Television]]''. The former ''Breakfast Television'' hosts Jenna Khan and Drew Kozub presented news and entertainment segments that were shown on television when CITI played music.<ref name="sun-wheelercity">{{cite web|title=Wheeler in the Morning with Philly and Rena now on TV|url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/2015/01/06/wheeler-in-the-morning-now-on-tv|website=Winnipeg Sun|publisher=Postmedia Network|accessdate=6 July 2016}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 7, 2015|first=Val|last=Maloney|title=City replaces BT with radio-to-TV show in Winnipeg|website=[[Media of Canada]]|url=https://mediaincanada.com/2015/01/07/city-replaces-bt-with-radio-to-tv-show-in-winnipeg/|access-date=2020-10-07}}</ref> On July 6, 2016, the station rebranded as ''92.1 CITI'', using a new standardized branding used by most Rogers-owned rock stations. In July 2018, Wheeler was fired by Rogers for having been involved in "multiple disciplinary incidents" on-air. His firing came in the wake of [[transphobic]] remarks Wheeler made during his morning show; during a segment, Wheeler discussed [[Scarlett Johansson]] having declined a starring role as gangster [[Dante "Tex" Gill]] in a biographical film, after criticism from the LGBT community over Gill—who was a [[trans man]]—being played by a [[cisgender]] woman. Wheeler compared being [[transgender]] to being an "actor" that "pretends" to be a "different thing", and also expressed similar sentiment over [[Facebook Messenger]] with a listener who discussed the issue further, stating that "If someone is born human. And they pretend to be a dog. It is not right to agree with them for the sake of their feelings". Multiple businesses pulled their advertising from the station in response to the comments.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Dave Wheeler fired from 92 CITI FM after transgender comments|language=en|work=Global News|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4338082/dave-wheeler-fired-from-92-citi-fm-after-transgender-comments/|access-date=2018-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Pindera|first=Erik|date=2018-07-18|title=Rogers fires CITI FM's Wheeler after online call for boycott, ads pulled off air|work=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/rogers-fires-citi-fms-wheeler-after-online-call-for-boycott-ads-pulled-off-air-488514681.html|access-date=2018-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Winnipeg radio host Dave Wheeler fired following controversial comments about transgender people|language=en-US|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/dave-wheeler-fired-trans-comments-1.4751460|access-date=2018-07-21}}</ref> After Wheeler's departure, co-hosts Jae and Dave Turnbull continued on the <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seekyoursounds.com/radio/921citi|title=92.1 CITI Winnipeg - Seekr|website=www.seekyoursounds.com|accessdate=Feb 19, 2025}}</ref> morning show along with former Winnipeg Blue Bomber [[Kelly Butler]] as a new addition. TJ Connors, son of legendary radio host Scruff Connors, joined the show replacing Butler in 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://about.rogers.com/news-ideas/winnipeg-wakes-rena-tj-turnbull-92-1-citi-starting-dec-3/ | title=Winnipeg Wakes up with 'Rena, TJ and Turnbull' on 92.1 CITI, Starting Dec. 3 | date=28 September 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chrisd.ca/2018/09/28/tj-connors-921-citi-morning-show/|title=92.1 CITI Re-Launching Morning Show with TJ Connors|date=September 28, 2018|website=ChrisD.ca - Winnipeg News}}</ref> In 2021, Jae left CITI Mornings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rena Jae News - 92.1 CITI |url=https://www.921citi.ca/new-to-share/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=www.921citi.ca}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.921citi.ca/|92.1 CITI}} * [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/manitoba/CITI-FM CITI-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]] * {{RecnetCanada|CITI-FM}} {{Winnipeg Radio}} {{Rogers Communications}} {{coord|49|45|20|N|97|07|53|W|type:landmark_region:CA|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Citi-Fm}} [[Category:Radio stations in Winnipeg|Iti]] [[Category:Rogers Communications radio stations|Iti]] [[Category:Radio stations established in 1978]] [[Category:1978 establishments in Manitoba]]
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