Ridge Radio

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Ridge Radio is a Canadian Internet radio station. From the summer of 2002 to 2006 it also broadcast at 90.7 on the FM radio dial in Oakville, Ontario as a low-power community announcement service with its official call sign of VEK565.

The station's sound and programming are inspired by Laser 558, a European pirate radio station in the 1980s. Ridge Radio even took some of its style, including some music and the signature "laser shot" sound, from LASER558. The Laser shot mimics the Morse code letter "K" which in old marine communications used to mean "I want to communicate with you", a concept that forms an integral part of community radio.

Ridge Radio has resumed broadcasting as an LPAS (low power) station at 90.7FM as of August 2010 from the campus of Sheridan College with a test signal. The station will resume full-time programming in 2011 based on work from the media arts students at Sheridan's Oakville campus at this time. The station will likely drop the "Ridge Radio" moniker in early 2011 and rebrand as "Radio Sheridan" or "Sheridan Campus Radio" to more clearly define its alignment with the college.

History: Ridge Radio was a small community radio project created by John Mckay in Oakville in 2000. At the time the station launched, Ridge Radio was believed to be the only local, community radio station in Canada broadcasting via the Internet, programmed specifically for the local area.

Ridge Radio takes its name from the geographic feature that runs through the town of Oakville, the old lake Iroquois shoreline. Shortly after launching, Ridge Radio acquired a LPAS (Low Power Announcement Service) FM license with the call sign VEK-565, and began simulcasting its signal on the FM band at 90.7 in addition to the Internet.

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Toronto AM	CJCL 590 CFTR 680 CFZM 740 CJBC 860 CFRB 1010 CHUM 1050 CHKT 1430 CHIN 1540 CHHA 1610 CHTO 1690

Toronto FM	CIND 88.1 CIRV 88.9 CIUT 89.5 CJBC 90.3 CJRT 91.1 CHIN-1 91.9 CKIS 92.5 CFXJ 93.5 CBL 94.1 CJKX-2 95.9 CFMZ 96.3 CKHC 96.9 CHBM 97.3 CHFI 98.1 CKFG 98.7 CBLA 99.1 CKFM 99.9 CHIN 100.7 CJSA 101.3 CIRR 103.9 CHUM 104.5 CHOQ 105.1 CHRY 105.5 CJVF 105.9 CKAV 106.5 CILQ 107.1 Defunct CKLN 88.1 CKRG 89.9¹

Peel Region	Brampton CIAO 530 CFNY 102.1 Caledon CFGM 102.7 CJFB 105.5 Mississauga CKNT 960 CJMR 1320 CINA 1650 CFRE 91.9 Defunct: CFBN 1280

Durham Region	Ajax CJKX 95.9 Oshawa CKDO 1580/107.7 FM CKGE 94.9

York Region	Georgina Island CFGI 102.7 Richmond Hill CFMJ 640 Markham CHEV 1610¹ CFMS 105.9 Newmarket CKDX 88.5 CHOP 102.7 Stouffville CIWS 102.7 Vaughan CFU758 90.7

Halton Region	Oakville CJYE 1250 VEK565 90.7¹

Dufferin County	Orangeville CIDC 103.5 Shelburne CFDC 104.9

Shortwave service	CFRX 6070 kHz

Specialty services	HMWN Radio Maria

Internet radio	CHEV Radio Radio Glendon Radio Regent Ridge Radio The Scope

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