Canada 360
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Accessible Media | |
| History | |
|---|---|
First air date | 17 November 2005 |
| Technical information | |
| Class | Satellite Radio Station |
| Links | |
| Website | Canada 360 |
Canada 360 was a Canadian 24-hour
Accessible Media (AMI), the channel provided the latest news, sports, weather and border-crossing information. The channel was formerly programmed by Radio Development Group, owned by serial entrepreneur
Evan Kosiner.
The station began airing in 2005 and became the world's first 24/7 headline news radio station, concurrently with the launch of
Canadian Press, plus weather forecasts provided by The Weather Network
.
The audio was encoded at 4 kbit/s mono and sounds similar to that of an AM broadcasting station. The channel's audio was vocal audio only, much like
Sirius XM's
other traffic and weather channels.
On 12 November 2008, Canada 360 was moved from Channel 244 to Channel 96. On 4 May 2011, Canada 360 was moved from Channel 96 to Channel 155. It could be heard last on Channel 172. Currently that position is held by
SiriusXM Scoreboard
.
References
- ^ "'This ain't radio, man'". The Province, November 20, 2005.