CIWW (AM)
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| City of license | Ottawa, Ontario |
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| Broadcast area | National Capital Region |
| Branding | Oldies 1310 |
| Slogan | Ottawa's Oldies Authority |
| First air date | 1922 |
| Frequency | 1310 AM |
| Format | oldies |
| ERP | 50 kW |
| Class | B |
| Former callsigns | CKCO, CKOY |
| Owner | Rogers Communications |
| Website | www.oldies1310.com |
CIWW is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1310 AM in Ottawa, Ontario. The station airs an oldies format branded as Oldies 1310, playing songs from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
The station was launched in 1922 by Dr. George Geldert, with the call sign CKCO. After changing frequencies a number of times (as most early AM radio stations in North America did), the station permanently adopted its current 1310 frequency in 1941. In 1945, CKCO became Ottawa's affiliate of the CBC's Dominion Network.
In 1949, the station was purchased by Southam, and changed its callsign to CKOY. The CKCO call letters are in no way related to CKCO-TV in Kitchener, Ontario, which signed on five years later.
In 1972, FM sister station CKBY-FM was launched. In 1978, after two failed attempts to sell the stations to Moffat Communications, the CRTC approved their sale to Maclean-Hunter. The station adopted its current call sign in 1985, and in 1994 the stations became part of Rogers Communications when it acquired Maclean-Hunter.
The station's headquarters are based in Thurston Drive, Ottawa. The station calls itself "Ottawa's Oldies Authority" and has built up a fanbase through DJ's such as breakfast host "Brother Bob", and Al Baldwin. Its schedule also features commentary from live sports games, and at weekends includes specialised phone-in's such "Call the Experts" with topics from DIY to How to Improve your golfing technique. During the evening, its transmission range is decreased.
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| Radio stations in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec |
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| CFRA 580 • CJRC 1150 • CFGO 1200 • CIWW 1310 CILV 88.5 • CHUO 89.1 • CIHT 89.9 • CBOF 90.7 • CBO 91.5 • CJET 92.3 • CKCU 93.1 • CKKL 93.9 • CIMF 94.9 • CFTX 96.5 • CHLX 97.1 • CJLL 97.9 • CJWL 98.5 • CHRI 99.1 CJMJ 100.3 • CKBY 101.1 • CBOX 102.5 • CBOQ 103.3 • CKTF 104.1 • CISS 105.3 • CHEZ 106.1 • CKQB 106.9 • CKDJ 107.9 |
