CKSO-FM

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CKSO is the former call sign of two radio stations and a television station in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, as well as the current call sign of a radio station in the city which has no affiliation with any of the older stations.

The current CKSO is a Christian music station, which broadcasts at 101.1 on the FM dial.

The CKSO call letters were chosen because of their historic significance in the Sudbury area. The following stations in Sudbury previously used the CKSO call letters:

• CJRQ was CKSO-AM from 1935 to 1990,
• CIGM was CKSO-FM from 1965 to 1977,
• CICI was CKSO-TV, Canada's first privately owned television station, from 1953 to 1971.

See historical information on CKSO-AM, FM and TV in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada at ckso.com

Each of those stations' histories with the call letters is discussed in more depth on their pages. After 1990, the CKSO call letters did not exist in the Sudbury market until the current CKSO debuted in 2003.

A road in the southernmost portion of Sudbury is named CKSO Road, because the original CKSO's transmitters were located there.

It is not certain if the station is currently broadcasting. Although there have been no media references to the station going out of business, in the fall of 2006 two companies applied to the CRTC for new Sudbury stations on the 101.1 frequency. [1]

[edit] External links

• CKSO-FM
• History of CKSO-FM from the Canadian Communications Foundation page.

Radio stations in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury District and Manitoulin District, Ontario

Greater Sudbury: CIGM 790 • CBBS 90.1 • CBBX 90.9 • CJRQ 92.7 • CJTK 95.5 • CKLU 96.7 • CBON 98.1 • CHYC 98.9 CBCS 99.9 • CKSO 101.1 • CHNO 103.9 • CJMX 105.3 Chapleau: CBCU 89.9 • CBON-28 91.9 • CHIM-8 92.7 • CJWA-1 100.7 • Espanola: CBON-7 94.9 Little Current: CBCE 97.5 • CFRM 100.7 • CJTK-2 102.1 Northern Ontario Radio Markets Greater Sudbury • North Bay • Sault Ste. Marie • Thunder Bay • Timiskaming • Timmins See also: List of radio stations in Ontario