CKSO-FM was a Christian music station, which broadcast at 101.1 FM in Sudbury, Ontario in the mid-2000s.
| Defunct | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 101.1 MHz (FM) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | David Jackson |
| History | |
First air date | 2002 |
Last air date | 2006 |
| Technical information | |
| Class | LP |
| ERP | 50 W |
On January 26, 2001, David Jackson (OBCI) applied to operate a new English language Christian music FM radio station in Sudbury. The new station would operate at 94.3 MHz (channel 232LP) with an effective radiated power of 50 watts. [1] The frequency was later changed to 101.1 MHz (channel 266LP)[2]
On September 5, 2001, a group led by David Jackson was given approval to operate a new Christian music FM radio station at 101.1 FM.[3] According to an interview with the community newspaper Northern Life, Jackson chose the CKSO call letters because of their historical significance in the Sudbury area; in addition to CIGM-FM, which was known as CKSO-FM from 1965 to 1977, the call letters were also once used by an AM radio station (now CJRQ) and a television station (now CICI) in the city. [4] [5]
On October 8, 2002, the group asked for and was granted an extension to the deadline to commence operations.[6] The station began airing test transmissions on December 2, 2002.
Undated, CKSO-FM was branded as 101.1 The Rock.
Although the station's website remained operational until early 2009, the Canadian Communications Foundation website reports that the station left the air in 2006.[7] The licence, when issued, was to expire on August 31, 2008 — as of that date, however, no renewal application had been filed with the CRTC, and Jackson has not filed an application for a new license as of 2015. The radio station never relaunched.
References edit
- ^ Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2001-2, Application for a new Christian radio station in Sudbury, CRTC, January 26, 2001 (See #16)
- ^ Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2001-2-1, CRTC, February 1, 2001
- ^ CRTC Decision 2001-569, New Christian music FM radio station, CRTC, September 5, 2001
- ^ CKSO lives at 101.1, sudbury.com, circa. 2002
- ^ CKSO-FM about us (archive.org)
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-297, Deadline to commence operations, CRTC, October 8, 2002
- ^ CKSO-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
External links edit
- CKSO-FM 101.1 Official Site at archive.org (January 2009).
- CKSO-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CKSO-FM in the REC Canadian station database
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