CKLW

CKLW

Windsor, Ontario Canada
Broadcast area	Southwestern Ontario Detroit–Windsor
Frequency	800 kHz (AM)
Branding	AM 800 CKLW
Programming
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	CHWI-DT The Canadian Press Premiere Networks Windsor Spitfires
Ownership
Owner	Bell Media (Bell Media Radio)
Sister stations	CHWI-DT, CIDR-FM, CIMX-FM, CKWW
History
First air date	June 2, 1932; 92 years ago (1932-06-02)
Former call signs	CKOK (1932–1933)
Former frequencies	540 kHz (1932–1933) 840 kHz (1933–1934) 1030 kHz (1934–1941)
Call sign meaning	London-Windsor (broadcast area)
Technical information
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	42°03′25″N 83°00′10″W / 42.0569°N 83.0028°W / 42.0569; -83.0028
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	iheartradio.ca/am800

CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit.^[1] CKLW is owned by Bell Media and has a news/talk radio format. It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings, plus Coast to Coast AM with George Noory overnight. Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor.

CKLW is a 50,000-watt Class B station, using a five-tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. Despite its high power, it must protect Class A clear-channel station XEROK in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and other Canadian and U.S. stations on 800 AM. The transmitter is off County Road 20 West in southern Essex County, between Amherstburg and Harrow, only a few kilometres from the Lake Erie shoreline.^[2]