CIWW

CIWW
Defunct
Broadcast areaNational Capital Region
Eastern Ontario
Western Quebec
Frequency1310 kHz
BrandingCityNews 101.1
Programming
FormatNews/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
ClassB
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
45°15′27.1″N 75°47′3.2″W / 45.257528°N 75.784222°W / 45.257528; -75.784222 (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 was on McKenna Casey Drive, near Strandherd Drive and Ontario Highway 416 in Nepean.[2] 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. The towers were removed sometime in late 2023.[3]

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.

  1. ^ "Ottawa Radio Program Schedule". Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  2. ^ FCCdata.org/CIWW
  3. ^ "CIWW-AM 1310 kHz - Ottawa, ON". radio-locator.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.

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