CKDO
CKDO-FM-1 107.7 Durham | |
| Repeater(s) | 95.9 CJKX-FM-HD3 Oshawa |
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| Website | www |
CKDO (1580
CKDO is powered at 10,000
History
On October 5, 1946, CKDO first
In 1950, Elliott sold the station to Lakeland Broadcasting, who changed the call sign to CKLB. The station moved to AM 1350 in 1956. The following year, Lakeland launched an FM sister station, CKLB-FM. In 1979, the stations were acquired by Grant Broadcasting, and CKLB adopted the new call sign CKAR. (The former CKAR call sign is now used at a radio station in Huntsville).
In 1990, Grant Broadcasting sold the stations to Power Broadcasting. In 1992, Power readopted the station's original CKDO call sign and an oldies format. In 1996, the station moved to an adult contemporary music format, sometimes simulcasting the programming of its FM sister station and other times airing its own distinct programming schedule.
In 2000, Corus Entertainment acquired the stations. In February 2001, Corus tried adding CKDO to its short-lived talk radio network (also consisting of CHML in Hamilton, CFPL in London, CKRU in Peterborough, CFFX in Kingston and CJOY in Guelph), but the station returned to the oldies format by the summer of that year.
In 2003, CKDO and CKGE were acquired by their current owner, Durham Radio Inc.
Durham established an FM rebroadcaster in 2005.[3] The station had originally been approved by the CRTC in 2004, conditional on choosing a frequency other than 107.7, for which the station had originally applied.[4]
On August 13, 2006, CKDO moved from 1350 to 1580 kHz, taking over a
The CKDO call sign was previously used by an unrelated station in
References
- ^ "Durham Radio Inc. Stations". kx96.fm. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ FCCdata.org/CKDO
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-88
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-362
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-542
External links
- 107.7 FM & 1580 AM CKDO
- CKDO at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- Radio-Locator information on CKDO
- CKDO in the REC Canadian station database
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43°52′19″N 78°45′53″W / 43.87194°N 78.76472°W
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