CJCB is a Canadian radio station which broadcasts from Sydney, Nova Scotia on the AM dial at 1270 kHz with a power of 10,000 watts. The station is one of the oldest radio stations in the Atlantic Provinces, hitting the airwaves on February 14, 1929. The format is currently country music. The station is owned by the Halifax-based company Maritime Broadcasting System, a company that owns several other radio stations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. CJCB played a variety of music prior to switching to its current format in June 1998: oldies, classic rock and adult contemporary. It switched format with CKPE-FM, a country music station for many years prior to the switch.