CJRI.fm - About Us

About CJRI

CJRI 104.5 serves the greater Fredericton area (NB, Canada) with Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, and Praise music, with local news, detailed weather, and extensive coverage of local events thrown into the mix. The studio is centrally located at 151 Main St. in Fredericton with a great view of the city's north side.

For a full list of programs aired on CJRI, please see our program schedule.

Ross Ingram

After being introduced to the wonderful world of broadcasting in high school in St. Catharines, Ontario, Ross went on to work at one of Canada's first FM radio stations in Hamilton. Then it was on to CHVC, Niagara Falls; CKEC, New Glasgow; CKCL, Truro; CHSJ, Saint John; CBC Television in Halifax and CBC Radio in Sydney, Nova Scotia and in Fredericton. After retiring from the Corporation in 1987, he went on to edit two weekly newspapers the Oromocto Post-Gazette and Fredericton's Northside News. As president of Faithway Communications and manager of CJRI, he's realizing a lifelong dream of owning a radio station.

In addition to raising a family of three boys and a girl, Gloria spent over 16 years in the mental health field in Fredericton, retiring in 1997 as the manager of one of the city's community residences. As the CJRI office manager she's the first point of contact for those visiting the station and is responsible for the sometimes difficult task of keeping the office organized.

Gloria Ingram

Rick Green

Rick is familiar to Fredericton radio listeners as the long-time host of the morning program Percolator Parade on CFNB, Fredericton's first radio station. Since then he's taught the broadcasting business in Halifax and managed a radio station in Charlottetown. He's managing the sale of broadcast time at CJRI and is host of the afternoon program.

Paul has a background of 33 years with the CBC's engineering department and is responsible for the installation and operation of CJRI's technical equipment and transmitter, so important to the overall sound of the station. In his non-existent "spare time" he has installed and maintained the equipment and transmitters for a number of religious radio stations at home and abroad as part of the Faithway Communications outreach program.

Paul Dixon

Rossco

Rossco began his existence as a rather ordinary, perhaps even nondescript, doll and would have remained so had it not been for an idea of local artisan Eleanore Cusack. Since CJRI needed a mascot for advertising purposes and Eleanore had a doll to spare, Rossco became a reality. Dressed in the station colours of blue, white, and red, he carries a radio and listens to no other radio station but CJRI all the time - perhaps due in no small part to the fact that those earphones are glued to his ears!

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