CFGO (AM)

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CFGO-FM

City of license	Ottawa, Ontario
Broadcast area	National Capital Region
Branding	The Team 1200
Slogan	Sports Radio
First air date	1964 (CKPM), 1998(The Team 1200)
Frequency	1200 AM
Format	sports
Owner	CHUM Limited
Website	www.team1200.com

CFGO is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 1200 on the AM dial in Ottawa. The station broadcasts sports programming, using the brand name The Team 1200.

1 History
- 1.1 Music format
- 1.2 All-sports format
2 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Music format

The station was launched in 1964 by Confederation Broadcasting, with the call letters CKPM. It originally broadcast at 1440 AM.

In 1970, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission revoked Confederation's licence, alleging that the company had failed to live up to its financial and management obligations. Confederation appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, who ruled in April, 1971 that Confederation had not had a fair hearing before the CRTC.

In 1972, majority interest in the station was sold to Baton Broadcasting. The station also adopted its current CFGO callsign that year. The station moved to its current frequency (with a better signal, from 1440AM to 1200AM) in 1986, and was sold to Rawlco Communications the following year. Playing Starship's We Built This City as the inaugural song on the new 1200kHz (1200AM) transmitter, Rawlco transitioned the station from Top 40 to Adult Contemporary as "Go-AM 12, Adult Rock." In 1988, Rawlco converted the station back to a CHR format, using the brand name Energy 1200. The station subsequently changed its callsign to CJBZ and its brand name to Buzz 1200.

[edit] All-sports format

In 1998, the station switched to its current all-sports format, using the brand name OSR1200 - Ottawa Sports Radio. It was acquired the following year by CHUM Limited, reverting to its CFGO callsign. In 1999, the station adopted the current Team 1200 brand name.

In 2001, the station formed the basis for CHUM's short-lived national sports radio network, The Team, which adopted the Ottawa station's brand identity. The station retained its format and brand when CHUM subsequently folded the network.

The Team 1200 broadcasts a wide variety of sports programming, as well as news and weather, and the station streams Fox Sports Radio at night. As the Official radio station of the Ottawa Senators, it broadcasts every Ottawa Senators game live. The station also broadcasts Ottawa 67's and Ottawa Lynx games.