CKDK-FM
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| Broadcast area | Primary: Woodstock, ON; Secondary: London, ON |
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| Branding | "The Hawk" |
| Slogan | "The Greatest Rock N' Roll Of All Time" |
| Frequency | 103.9 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1997 |
| Format | Classic Rock |
| ERP | 50 kW Coverage Map |
| Class | C2 |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment |
| Webcast | @thehawk.ca |
| Website | www.thehawk.ca |
CKDK, or The Hawk, is a radio station owned by Corus Entertainment and based in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada that transmits at 50,000 watts at 103.9 MHz on the FM dial. The station primarily plays classic rock music. Although based in Woodstock, the station primarily targets the larger London, Ontario market. This station can be heard from London and Strathroy in the west, to the edge of the Greater Toronto Area (Georgetown, Ontario) in the east, covering much of Western Ontario, broadcasting to a potential audience of around 1.5 million people.
Popular shows include the McArthur In The Morning , Little Steven’s Underground Garage, Legends of Classic Rock, and Psychedelic Sundays. The station's slogan is "Playing the Greatest Rock and Roll of All Time, 103.9 The Hawk". The Legends Of Classic Rock is syndicated from CILQ "Q107" in Toronto and is heard on all Corus-owned classic rock stations. Psychedelic Sundays is a local show, but was again an import from Q107.
CKDK began broadcasting on AM 1340 in 1947 as CKOX. The call letters changed to CKDK in 1977, and moved to FM 102.3 in 1986. It moved to the current 103.9 in 1993, known at the time as "K104" with an adult contemporary format. The station joined the Energy Radio network in 1998, simulcast from CING-FM in Burlington. On January 12, 2000, CKDK and sister station CFHK 103.1 in St. Thomas, Ontario, swapped formats, but not call letters. The Hawk format on CFHK was originally an "alternative format", like FM96, but this was changed to a classic rock format on December 21, 1997.
CKDK became highly on London once it joined the Energy Radio network, leaving Woodstock without a local radio station. In 2004, competing Standard Radio filed a complaint with the CRTC accusing owner Corus Entertainment of "neglecting" Woodstock by operating CKDK out of London. Corus subsequently moved some of its operations for CKDK to Woodstock, and Byrnes Communications received approval to start up a new station in Woodstock, CIHR-FM.
Only July 16th The Hawk introduced a new on air Imaging Package thus changing their slogan to "The Greatest Rock N' Roll of All Time" silimar to CFMK-FM Kingston, and the Re-Launch of The Hawk website similar to Q107.
[edit] The Hawk Rocks the Park
OMAC presents the Hawk Rocks the Park is a concert put on by The Hawk in Harris Park in London, celebrating it's 5th anniversary. All proceeds from the concert go to the Bethany's Hope Foundation. The 5th anniversary is happening Thursday July 24th, Friday July 25th and Saturday July 26th..
Artists include
Thursday July 24th
Friday July 25th To be announced
Saturday July 26th
- Bachman/Cummings
- Grand Funk Railroad's - Mark Farner
- April Wine
- Streetheart
[edit] DJ's
- 5:00 - 9:00 AM - McArthur in the Morning
- 9:00 - 2:00 PM - Leigh Robert
- 3:00 - 7:00 PM - Jimmy Kalaitzis
[edit] External links
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