CIWW
CIWW (1310 AM) was a radio station in Ottawa, Ontario owned by Rogers Radio. The station was the oldest radio station in Ottawa, first signing on in 1922. The station broadcast at 50,000 watts, the maximum for Canadian AM stations. The transmitter site is on McKenna Casey Drive, near Strandherd Drive and Ontario Highway 416 in Nepean. To protect other stations on 1310 AM, it used a directional antenna. By day it employed a two-tower array and at night a five-tower array. The nighttime signal was beamed mainly into Canada.
| Defunct | |
|---|---|
| |
| Broadcast area | National Capital Region Eastern Ontario Western Quebec |
| Frequency | 1310 kHz |
| Branding | CityNews 101.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| History | |
First air date | 1922 |
Last air date | October 26, 2023 (101 years) |
Former call signs | CKCO (1922-1949) CKOY (1949-1985) |
Former frequencies | 400 m (1922-1925) 690 kHz (1925-1929) 840 kHz (1927) 890 kHz (1929-1933) 1010 kHz (1933-1941) |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°15′27.1″N 75°47′3.2″W |
In 2020, the station added an FM simulcast on CJET-FM. On October 26, 2023, the station was closed by Rogers after just over 100 years of operation.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.