CKPC (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Brandford/Brant, Southern Ontario |
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| Branding | "1380 AM" |
| Slogan | "Simply the best" |
| Frequency | 1380 MHz (AM) |
| Format | Oldies, Local News and Sports |
| Callsign meaning | CK Preston, Canada |
| Owner | Telephone City Broadcast Ltd |
| Webcast | Listen Live! |
| Website | http://ckpc.on.ca Official Website] |
CKPC was Brantford, Ontario's first radio station, signing on for the first time on in 1923.
[edit] History
Its original city of license was Preston, Ontario (now part of the city of Cambridge, Ontario, but was moved to Brantford shortly after. The station first started out as an amateur radio station, but the founder (Wallace Russ) quickly applied for a broadcast license after a few trial broadcasts. His license was granted, and he started broadcasting from his home in Preston at a power of just 5 watts. After Russ sold the station to his friend Cyrus Dolph, he still remained active with the statiaon, and watched it grow throughout its early years. Its power would later increase to 25 watts in 1927, doubling in power and moving to 1010 kHz at 50 watts in 1930, and to 880 kHz. The station's main content were local news, and local artists and talents from Kitchener, Hamilton, and Brantford.
On December 29, 1927, the station officially moved to the Arcade Building in downtown Brantford, under the supervision of his daughter, Florence Dolph Buchanan, and her husband (and station manager) J.D. Buchanan. Its transmitter was located in the Six Nations Reserve at the time.
In 1934, the station moved again on the AM dial, to 930 kHz. Six years later, Florence Buchanan became both owner and manager of CKPC-AM, becoming the first woman in Canada to own and/or operate a radio station. The next year, the station moved to its present frequency, 1380 kHz.
The station would grow very vigorously through the postwar years, moving to a few different (and bigger) facilities in Brantford.
Today, the station plays a general format of oldies.
[edit] See also
- CKPC-FM, sister station to CKPC-AM
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- CKPC-AM's History
- CKPC AM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKPC
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