CKO
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CKO was a Canadian
radio news network which operated from 1977 to 1989. The CKO call sign
was shared by twelve network-owned stations, as listed below.
The network was owned by Canada All-News Radio Ltd. AGRA Industries was originally a 45 per cent partner in the network, but by 1988 it was the sole owner. David Ruskin was the network's founding president.
With a recorded message from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
to launch it, the CKO radio network started broadcasting on July 1, 1977 with stations in Ottawa
and Toronto
. Power problems delayed the start of the Ottawa station by an hour. Stories included much American content, plus two features about prostitutes. One announcer mispronounced Arkansas
several times in one newscast and was reportedly dismissed.
Later that year, stations were added in Montreal
(by acquisition of AM station CFOX
), London
, Vancouver
and Calgary
. The Vancouver station began with a news staff of ten, including news director Cam Scott, Gerry Gifford, Richard Dettman, Stan Crossley, Bill Rodger, Norm Bright and Joanna Piros. Scott was replaced in 1978 by Peter Ray, who had been transferred from the Montreal station. After Ray's departure that year, Tom Spear was hired from CHWK
Chilliwack
in December 1978 until most local programming was curtailed in August 1980.
The news network began live broadcasts of the Canadian government's Question Period
in late 1977; for nearly all Canadians, it was the first regular, live access to House proceedings as it would be well over two years before CPAC's precedecessor began nationwide video distribution to most cable systems.
In November 1977, the Calgary station was opened with Bob Quinn as its first news director. He expanded coverage in Alberta and was instrumental in the network's coverage of the Kosmos 954 satellite crash in the Northwest Territories in January 1978 and the crash of Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314
in Cranbrook, BC a few weeks later. Calgary coverage centered on local news and the booming Alberta energy sector.
In 1978, a station was added in Edmonton
under station manager/news director Garfield Chesson. He made CKO Edmonton a key supplier of national news reportage in the era of the Trudeau government's National Energy Program
. Edmonton journalists Cliff Oginski, Ian Kinsey, Karen Brown and Bob Unger balanced a perceived Toronto slant to national issues.
CKO closed the London studio that year due to poor ad sales.
After its first anniversary, the network faced low ratings and higher financial losses than expected. However, it was hoped that a planned advertising campaign would help boost awareness of the station. The Toronto transmitter power was also to be increased to 100 000 watts in by the end of 1978.
CKO began live sports broadcasts for Toronto Maple Leafs
hockey
and National Football League
football
in late 1978. CKFH previously carried the Maple Leafs games and attempted to have the CRTC stop CKO's hockey broadcasts. The CRTC rejected CKFH's complaint, on the rationale that sports broadcasts were within CKO's programming commitments.
In 1985, CKO added a station in Halifax.
Maclean-Hunter
sold its Newsradio broadcast syndication division to CKO in August 1987.
Montreal's CKO applied to convert from the AM dial to the FM dial to operate on the frequency 95.1 MHz. That application was denied on March 19, 1987. On June 20, 1989, the commission approved an application by changing the frequency from 1470 kHz to 650 kHz. CKO's frequency change proposal was never implemented.
In 1988, CKO filed an application with the CRTC to trade frequencies with Toronto AM station CKEY
. The transaction would have included a payment of $
4 million to CKO which the network would have used to launch three more stations (Regina, Saint John and St. John's) for which it already held licenses, but had not been financially able to establish. However, the CRTC denied the application on April 25, 1988. Later the same year, AGRA transferred its 99% ownership in CKO to its majority-owned media division, Cybermedix. In March 1989, the network under its restructured ownership declared to the CRTC that it would no longer have financial losses by 1993.
Later that year, CKO established a station in Winnipeg
, which became the network's final new station before its closure.
Montreal-based Ted Tevan
briefly hosted a weekday sports talk show on the network. But CKO's Montreal station did not have a suitable studio for the program, therefore Tevan was required to commute to Toronto. Tevan quit CKO after the network rejected his offer to set up a studio in his home city.
In 1989, AGRA agreed in principle to sell Cybermedix to cable-tv
company Cogeco
. The transaction was still pending CRTC approval on November 10 of that year AGRA abruptly shut down the network in the middle of the noon (Eastern time) newscast. Cogeco only wanted Cybermedix's cable properties, and the network lost a reported $55 million during its existence. The broadcast licenses were surrendered to the CRTC, which formally revoked them on August 15, 1990.
† The stations in Regina, Saint John and St. John's were licensed by the CRTC but had not been launched by the network before its shutdown.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
radio news network which operated from 1977 to 1989. The CKO call sign
Call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations...
was shared by twelve network-owned stations, as listed below.
The network was owned by Canada All-News Radio Ltd. AGRA Industries was originally a 45 per cent partner in the network, but by 1988 it was the sole owner. David Ruskin was the network's founding president.
History
On July 12, 1976, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved a licence for CKO to Canada All News Radio Limited. Twelve transmitters were required to be in place across the country and ready for broadcast by the fall of 1979.With a recorded message from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...
to launch it, the CKO radio network started broadcasting on July 1, 1977 with stations in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
and Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. Power problems delayed the start of the Ottawa station by an hour. Stories included much American content, plus two features about prostitutes. One announcer mispronounced Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
several times in one newscast and was reportedly dismissed.
Later that year, stations were added in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
(by acquisition of AM station CFOX
CFOX (AM)
CKO/CFOX was an English language Canadian AM radio station located in Pointe-Claire, Quebec from 1960 to 1989. The station's callsign was CFOX from 1960 to 1977 and it later operated as CKO, the Montreal station of the news network of the same name, from 1977 until 1989.-History:With studios based...
), London
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
, Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
and Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
. The Vancouver station began with a news staff of ten, including news director Cam Scott, Gerry Gifford, Richard Dettman, Stan Crossley, Bill Rodger, Norm Bright and Joanna Piros. Scott was replaced in 1978 by Peter Ray, who had been transferred from the Montreal station. After Ray's departure that year, Tom Spear was hired from CHWK
CKSR-FM
CKSR-FM is a Canadian radio station located in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The station, operating at 98.3 FM with 5000 watts of power, is owned by Rogers Communications...
Chilliwack
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Chilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 80,000 people. Chilliwack is the second largest city in the Fraser Valley Regional District after Abbotsford. The city is surrounded by mountains and...
in December 1978 until most local programming was curtailed in August 1980.
The news network began live broadcasts of the Canadian government's Question Period
Question Period
Question Period, known officially as Oral Questions occurs each sitting day in the Canadian House of Commons. According to the House of Commons Compendium, “The primary purpose of Question Period is to seek information from the Government and to call it to account for its actions.”-History:The...
in late 1977; for nearly all Canadians, it was the first regular, live access to House proceedings as it would be well over two years before CPAC's precedecessor began nationwide video distribution to most cable systems.
In November 1977, the Calgary station was opened with Bob Quinn as its first news director. He expanded coverage in Alberta and was instrumental in the network's coverage of the Kosmos 954 satellite crash in the Northwest Territories in January 1978 and the crash of Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314
On 11 February 1978, Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314, a 737-200, crashed at Cranbrook Airport, near Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, killing 42 of the 49 people on board....
in Cranbrook, BC a few weeks later. Calgary coverage centered on local news and the booming Alberta energy sector.
In 1978, a station was added in Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
under station manager/news director Garfield Chesson. He made CKO Edmonton a key supplier of national news reportage in the era of the Trudeau government's National Energy Program
National Energy Program
The National Energy Program was an energy policy of the Government of Canada. It was created under the Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau by Minister of Energy Marc Lalonde in 1980, and administered by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.-Description:The NEP was...
. Edmonton journalists Cliff Oginski, Ian Kinsey, Karen Brown and Bob Unger balanced a perceived Toronto slant to national issues.
CKO closed the London studio that year due to poor ad sales.
After its first anniversary, the network faced low ratings and higher financial losses than expected. However, it was hoped that a planned advertising campaign would help boost awareness of the station. The Toronto transmitter power was also to be increased to 100 000 watts in by the end of 1978.
CKO began live sports broadcasts for Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
and National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
in late 1978. CKFH previously carried the Maple Leafs games and attempted to have the CRTC stop CKO's hockey broadcasts. The CRTC rejected CKFH's complaint, on the rationale that sports broadcasts were within CKO's programming commitments.
In 1985, CKO added a station in Halifax.
Maclean-Hunter
Maclean-Hunter
Maclean-Hunter was a Canadian communications company, which had diversified holdings in radio, television, magazines, newspapers and cable television distribution....
sold its Newsradio broadcast syndication division to CKO in August 1987.
Montreal's CKO applied to convert from the AM dial to the FM dial to operate on the frequency 95.1 MHz. That application was denied on March 19, 1987. On June 20, 1989, the commission approved an application by changing the frequency from 1470 kHz to 650 kHz. CKO's frequency change proposal was never implemented.
In 1988, CKO filed an application with the CRTC to trade frequencies with Toronto AM station CKEY
CHKT (AM)
CHKT is a Canadian radio station, airing at 1430 AM in Toronto, Ontario. The station, owned by the Fairchild Radio service, airs Chinese language programming.-History:The station first aired in 1925 as AM 840 CKCL, owned by the Dominion Battery company...
. The transaction would have included a payment of $
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
4 million to CKO which the network would have used to launch three more stations (Regina, Saint John and St. John's) for which it already held licenses, but had not been financially able to establish. However, the CRTC denied the application on April 25, 1988. Later the same year, AGRA transferred its 99% ownership in CKO to its majority-owned media division, Cybermedix. In March 1989, the network under its restructured ownership declared to the CRTC that it would no longer have financial losses by 1993.
Later that year, CKO established a station in Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
, which became the network's final new station before its closure.
Montreal-based Ted Tevan
Ted Tevan
Theodore "Ted" Tevan was a Canadian sports radio broadcaster.Born in Kingston, Ontario, Tevan moved to Montreal in 1965 initially working in radio advertising...
briefly hosted a weekday sports talk show on the network. But CKO's Montreal station did not have a suitable studio for the program, therefore Tevan was required to commute to Toronto. Tevan quit CKO after the network rejected his offer to set up a studio in his home city.
In 1989, AGRA agreed in principle to sell Cybermedix to cable-tv
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
company Cogeco
Cogeco
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian media and communications company. The name is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication .-History:...
. The transaction was still pending CRTC approval on November 10 of that year AGRA abruptly shut down the network in the middle of the noon (Eastern time) newscast. Cogeco only wanted Cybermedix's cable properties, and the network lost a reported $55 million during its existence. The broadcast licenses were surrendered to the CRTC, which formally revoked them on August 15, 1990.
Anchors and reporters
Anchors and reporters associated with the network included:- Barry Aldrich - sports director, co-host of Good Morning Canada
- Bruce Barker - afternoon sports anchor and reporter
- Squire Barnes
- Jim Bennie - Vancouver bureau chief/production manager
- Pat BurnsPat Burns (broadcaster)Patrick "Pat" Burns was a radio talk show host and newspaper reporter. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, but began his radio career in England with the BBC as a sports reporter covering the world hockey championships in London in 1949...
- Gene Costain - news anchor
- Gerry Dobson
- Don Gauthier - host of Time to Talk
- John GilbertJohn Gilbert (broadcaster)John Gilbert was a Canadian radio broadcaster.Gilbert was a broadcaster with CJCH Halifax until Toronto's 1050 CHUM radio announced in February 1971 that he would succeed Larry Solway as host of the talk show Speak Your Mind...
- talk show host, Toronto/Vancouver - Angus Gillespie (aka James Gillespie) - reporter, sports anchor/writer (1987–89)
- Glenn Gingerich - sports director
- Elwood GloverElwood GloverWilliam Elwood Glover was a Canadian radio and television broadcaster who was best known as the host of Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date....
- host, The News In Perspective - Lynne Gordon - entertainment reporter
- Brian Hillier - National News Anchor
- Patrick Hynan - head newswriter
- Paul Johnson - Winnipeg bureau, wrote Journal of Radio Studies (1995) article on CKO
- Walter Kanitz - travel correspondent
- Steve Kee - Vice President at H2 Central Marketing and Communications
- Roger MillionsRoger MillionsRoger Millions is a Canadian sports broadcaster on Rogers Sportsnet. He was born in Deloraine, Manitoba on May 26, 1959. He covers the Calgary Flames.- References :...
- Stan Mulholoch - morning host
- David OnleyDavid OnleyDavid Charles Onley, OOnt is the 28th and current Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada.Onley was a television journalist prior to his viceregal appointment. He worked primarily for Citytv as a science and technology reporter, and for the 24-hour news station CablePulse 24 as a news anchor and...
- Taylor "Hap" Parnaby - president
- Andrew SharpAndrew SharpAndrew Sharp is a Philippines-born ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the Guildford Flames in the English Premier Ice Hockey League ....
- wine programme host - Glen Stone - science editor
- Ted TevanTed TevanTheodore "Ted" Tevan was a Canadian sports radio broadcaster.Born in Kingston, Ontario, Tevan moved to Montreal in 1965 initially working in radio advertising...
- sports-themed talk show in 1989 - Peter Varley
- Larry WachtelLarry WachtelLarry Wachtel was a stock, bonds, and equities commentator on the New York City metropolitan area radio...
- business commentator - David Windsor
Programs
- Herbert W. ArmstrongHerbert W. ArmstrongHerbert W. Armstrong founded the Worldwide Church of God in the late 1930s, as well as Ambassador College in 1946, and was an early pioneer of radio and tele-evangelism, originally taking to the airwaves in the 1930s from Eugene, Oregon...
, weekdays and Sundays 9:30 p.m. - Bookshelf, book review show hosted by Dawn Draper.
- The John Gilbert Show
- Hotline, hosted by Pat Burns
- Nighttalk With Bill Williams, national talk-show from Vancouver, replacing The John Gilbert Show
- Open Portfolio, Ottawa-based capital affairs programme hosted by Noel Norenius, Saturdays at 1:07 p.m. ET.
- People Probe, national person-in-the-street show hosted by Earl Sky (Earl Pludwinski), Saturdays at 12:07 p.m. ET.
- Science File, hosted by Glen Stone
- Soccer Report, Edmonton based pre-NASLNorth American Soccer LeagueNorth American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...
open line show created and hosted by Ian Kinsey in 1978 and '79. Canada's first soccer call-in and feature program - Spacewatch, hosted by David Onley
- Time to Talk, national open line show hosted by Don Gauthier from 1985
- Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsThe Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
hockey games - Alberta soccer league, games play-by-play host Ian Kinsey
- Wall Street Report, hosted by Larry Wachtel
- Wineview, hosted by Andrew Sharp
Transmitters
| City of licence | Call sign | Frequency | Reassigned to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... , Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
CKO-FM-1 | FM 106.9 | CKQB-FM CKQB-FM CKQB-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an active rock format at 106.9 FM in Ottawa and 99.9 FM in Pembroke... |
| Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... , Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
CKO-FM-2 | FM 99.1 | CBLA-FM CBLA-FM CBLA-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the flagship station of the CBC Radio One network, broadcasting at 99.1 FM in Toronto, Ontario.- History :... |
| London London, Ontario London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city... , Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
CKO-FM-3 | FM 97.5 | CIQM-FM CIQM-FM CIQM-FM is an FM radio station broadcasting at 97.5 FM in London, Ontario, Canada, branded as 97.5FM EZ Rock. The station plays a hot adult contemporary format branded as EZ Rock... |
| Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... , British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
CKO-FM-4 | FM 96.1 | CHKG-FM CHKG-FM CHKG-FM is a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It broadcasts on the frequency 96.1 FM. It airs mostly Mandarin programming and is owned by the Fairchild Group.-Programming:... |
| Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... , Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
CKO-FM-5 | FM 103.1 | CFXL-FM CFXL-FM CKUV-FM is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to High River, Alberta, it serves the Foothills region of Alberta. It first began broadcasting in 2003. The station is currently owned by Golden West Broadcasting.The station held the call sign CFXL-FM until June 2008, when it... |
| Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... , Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
CKO-FM-6 | FM 101.9 | CKER-FM CKER-FM CKER-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 101.7 FM in Edmonton, Alberta. The station airs a multilingual programming format branded as 101.7 World FM and is owned by Rogers Media.-History:... (later moved to 101.7) |
| Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name... , Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other... |
CKO-FM-7 | FM 99.1 | CJGV-FM |
| † Regina Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox... , Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
CKO-FM-8 | FM 100.7 | CILG-FM CILG-FM CILG-FM is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, it serves south-central Saskatchewan. It first began broadcasting in 2002. The station is currently owned by Golden West Broadcasting... |
| Halifax, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... |
CKO-FM-9 | FM 103.5 | CKHZ-FM CKHZ-FM CKHZ-FM is a Top 40 radio station serving the Halifax Metropolitan area. The station is owned by HFX Broadcasting, a division of Evanov Communications... |
| † Saint John Saint John, New Brunswick City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043... , New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
CKO-FM-10 | FM 99.7 | never reassigned |
| † St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... , Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... |
CKO-FM-11 | FM 101.9 | CBAX-FM-2 CBAX-FM 1In the 1980s, the 101.9 frequency was assigned to the CKO network, which folded in 1989 before the St. John's station had a chance to open.-External links:... |
| Pointe-Claire / Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... , Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
CKO CFOX (AM) CKO/CFOX was an English language Canadian AM radio station located in Pointe-Claire, Quebec from 1960 to 1989. The station's callsign was CFOX from 1960 to 1977 and it later operated as CKO, the Montreal station of the news network of the same name, from 1977 until 1989.-History:With studios based... |
AM 1470 | never reassigned; unavailable since 2007 as 1450 is used by CHOU CHOU (AM) CHOU , is a multilingual Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.-Ownership and History:CHOU broadcasts on 1450 kHz with a power of 2,000 watts as a class C station, using an omnidirectional antenna... |
† The stations in Regina, Saint John and St. John's were licensed by the CRTC but had not been launched by the network before its shutdown.