CKTS
Defunct | |
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Branding | CKTS 900 |
Programming | |
Format | Contemporary hit radio; later News/talk |
Ownership | |
Owner | Corus Entertainment |
History | |
First air date | July 1, 1946 |
Last air date | November 19, 2006 |
Technical information | |
Class | B |
Power | 10,000 watts |
Links | |
Website | [1] |
CKTS was an
The station was shut down in 2006 by its owner, Corus Entertainment.
History
CKTS went on the air on July 1, 1946. The station originally broadcast on 1240 kHz, and was operated by Telegram Printing & Publishing, the owner of the local weekly Sherbrooke Telegram-Observer. It was an affiliate of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Trans-Canada Network by 1957. The station moved to 900 AM in 1959, and was sold to Telemedia in the late 1960s.
During the 1970s, it also aired programming produced by Radio Bishop's, the campus radio club of Bishop's University, which would later become CJMQ-FM.
CKTS-AM 900 had its antenna farm located close to 1643 Dion Road in St-Elie d'Orford (which has since become part of Sherbrooke). The four radio towers has since been taken down and dismantled.
As the English-speaking population declined in the
The radio station moved its studios to a new location at 901 Galt Street West in Sherbrooke.[when?]
In 1989, the CRTC forced CKTS to use only English.
Standard Broadcasting acquired Telemedia in 2002, bringing CJAD and CKTS under common ownership. However, Standard soon sold CKTS to Corus Entertainment in January 2005. Despite the fact that Corus had its own English news/talk radio station in Montreal, CINW, CKTS continued to air programming from CJAD.
Shutdown
Due to high ongoing maintenance costs, the station was shut down on November 19, 2006,[2] and its licence was voluntarily revoked as of December 13. [3]
References
- ^ CRTC Decision 89-496
- ^ CKTS to stop rebroadcasting CJAD, Corus press release, November 17, 2006
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-674, Revocation of licence, CRTC, December 13, 2006
External links
- CJAD 800
- CKTS at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- 900CKTS in the REC Canadian station database