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CIBK (Vibe 98.5) is a contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio

Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States and Canada that focuses on playing current and recent popular music as determined by the top 40 music charts....
 station based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. The Astral Media
Astral Media

Astral Media Inc. is a Canadian mass media corporation. It is Canada's largest radio broadcaster with radio stations in eight provinces, and is a major player in premium television and specialty channel television in Canada, including The Movie Network, Viewers Choice, Family , Teletoon and more....
 outlet operates at 98.5 MHz FM with an effective radiated power
Effective radiated power

In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of Radio frequency energy using the non-International System of Units unit Decibel, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains....
 of 100 kW.

station received approval by the CRTC in 2001. When CIBK made its debut in 2002, they thought they would become the city's first R&B/hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 outlet, but they were beaten to the punch by CKIS
CKIS-FM

CKIS-FM is a Canada radio station, which broadcasts at 96.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta. The station uses the on-air brand name Jack FM.The station originally signed on back in 1927 as CJCJ, an AM radio station and has gone through various ownerships, callsigns, frequencies and formats over the years....
. This would spark a format war in Calgary. By 2003, CKIS would bail out for the Jack FM
Jack FM

Jack-FM is the moniker and on-air brand of 60 radio stations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Jack stations play a mix of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s in music hits with some 2000s in music hot adult contemporary single ....
 format, leaving CIBK as the victor.

However CIBK would also go through an evolution of its own as they transitioned to a mainstream top 40 direction by 2004.






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CIBK (Vibe 98.5) is a contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio

Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States and Canada that focuses on playing current and recent popular music as determined by the top 40 music charts....
 station based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. The Astral Media
Astral Media

Astral Media Inc. is a Canadian mass media corporation. It is Canada's largest radio broadcaster with radio stations in eight provinces, and is a major player in premium television and specialty channel television in Canada, including The Movie Network, Viewers Choice, Family , Teletoon and more....
 outlet operates at 98.5 MHz FM with an effective radiated power
Effective radiated power

In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of Radio frequency energy using the non-International System of Units unit Decibel, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains....
 of 100 kW.

History

The station received approval by the CRTC in 2001. When CIBK made its debut in 2002, they thought they would become the city's first R&B/hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 outlet, but they were beaten to the punch by CKIS
CKIS-FM

CKIS-FM is a Canada radio station, which broadcasts at 96.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta. The station uses the on-air brand name Jack FM.The station originally signed on back in 1927 as CJCJ, an AM radio station and has gone through various ownerships, callsigns, frequencies and formats over the years....
. This would spark a format war in Calgary. By 2003, CKIS would bail out for the Jack FM
Jack FM

Jack-FM is the moniker and on-air brand of 60 radio stations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Jack stations play a mix of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s in music hits with some 2000s in music hot adult contemporary single ....
 format, leaving CIBK as the victor.

However CIBK would also go through an evolution of its own as they transitioned to a mainstream top 40 direction by 2004. Although The Vibe still plays R&B/hip hop product (but not as much), they also incorporate pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 and dance
Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dance. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement....
 into the mix, in part due to its license with the CRTC that now requires the station to be programmed as a CHR outlet. Because Vibe was anticipated for years prior to its launch to be Calgary's long awaited urban station, it had faced much criticism for bailing out to a Top 40 format leaving many of the station's hip-hop/R&B fans disappointed and let down by Standard Broadcasting.

CIBK was part of the acquisition of most of the assets of Standard Broadcasting
Standard Broadcasting

Slaight Communications is a Canada radio broadcasting company. The company was first formed as Slaight Broadcasting in 1971, when owner J....
 by Astral Media
Astral Media

Astral Media Inc. is a Canadian mass media corporation. It is Canada's largest radio broadcaster with radio stations in eight provinces, and is a major player in premium television and specialty channel television in Canada, including The Movie Network, Viewers Choice, Family , Teletoon and more....
 that was completed on October 29, 2007.

Vibe Morning Show

The Vibe Morning Show runs on weekday mornings. It is hosted by Marc Michaels (formerly of CFWD), Dani Rohs, and "Fuzzy".

Kelsey Moore was a former co-host, who left in late March 2007. Another former co-host was Chad Martin who left by February 23, 2009.

The morning show runs several contests where listeners phone in to participate and win prizes. It also runs several segments such as "Celebrity Sleaze" and "TV Talk".

Among the many parodies the Vibe Morning Show plays, they have parodied In da Club
In da Club

"In da Club" is a hip hop music song performed by rapper 50 Cent from his commercial debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin' . The song was produced by Dr....
 to create the more popular "In da Dome" in 2004 (and revised for 2006 and 2007) when the Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
 were in their Stanley Cup runs (along with She Bangs
She Bangs

"She Bangs" is a song originally performed by Ricky Martin, from his 2000 album Sound Loaded. An up-tempo, salsa music-influenced song with double entendres about the singer's infatuation with a woman, Martin's recording earned him continued crossover success around the world....
 by Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin

Enrique Mart?n Morales , better known by his stage name Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rico pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin American music boy band Menudo , then as a solo artist since 1991....
, parodied as The Flames). They have also parodied SexyBack
SexyBack

"SexyBack" is a song co-written and performed by the United States singer Justin Timberlake for his second solo album FutureSex/LoveSounds ....
 for the Flames' Stanley Cup run in 2007 and Low
Low (Flo Rida song)

"Low" is the first single from Flo Rida's debut album, Mail on Sunday nominated for 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. It also served as a single for the Step Up 2: The Streets Soundtrack to the 2008 film Step Up 2 the Streets....
 in 2008.

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