CIAO (AM)

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CIAO
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City Brampton, Ontario
Broadcast area Greater Toronto Area
BrandingAM530
Format multilingual
Power 1,000 watts day, 250 watts night
Callsign meaning the word ciao
Former callsignsCFJB (1953-1964)
CHIC (1964-1979)
CKMW (1979-1987)
CIAO (1987-2019)
Former frequencies1090 kHz (1953-1964)
790 kHz (1964-1991)
Owner Evanov Radio Group
Webcast Listen Live
Website AM 530

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History

The station was launched in 1953 as 1090 AM CFJB, a daytimer owned by broadcaster Fen Job. Job was killed in a car crash in 1956, and the station was sold by his estate to CHIC Ltd. in 1959, adopting the new callsign CHIC the following year. As of 1960, Alekos Columbos hosted a 90-minute Greek radio show on Saturdays and Klaas Mulenar preached in Dutch on Sundays. [1] In 1961, the owners also launched CHIC-FM on 102.1.

CFNY-FM Radio station in Brampton-Toronto, Ontario

CFNY-FM, branded as 102.1 the Edge, is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 102.1 FM in the Greater Toronto Area, licensed to the suburb of Brampton. The station rose to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s due to its freestyle DJing format and unique choice to play alternative music. Following a number of years hallmarked by the station changing hands several times, internal morale problems and a listener rebellion as a result of management decisions, the station eventually evolved into its current modern rock format owned by Corus Entertainment. Its studios are in Downtown Toronto at Corus Quay on Toronto's Harbourfront and its transmitter is located atop the CN Tower.

In 1964, CHIC became a full-time broadcaster, moving to 790 AM. From 1966 to 1969, it operated as an "all-girl" format using the slogan "CHIC - Where The Girls Are" in which only female announcers appeared as deejays. Regular newscasts and some other features continued to be voiced by men. The format was abandoned in 1970. [2]

In 1977, CHIC-FM adopted the new callsign CFNY-FM.

In 1979, the stations' owner went into receivership. The stations were subsequently acquired by Civitas Corp., the owner of CJMS in Montreal. Civitas became Mutual Communications in 1980, and CHIC adopted the new callsign CKMW. Mutual subsequently sold CKMW to Patrick Hurley, who incorporated as CKMW Radio Ltd., in 1983; CFNY was sold to Selkirk Communications.

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As CKMW, the AM station adopted its current multilingual format, and ownership of CKMW Radio was transferred to Evanov in 1985.

The station adopted its current callsign in 1987, and moved to its current frequency in 1991 after CJFT in Fort Erie converted to the FM band. [3] CIAO is one of a handful of commercial radio stations in North America broadcasting on 530 kHz, normally reserved for low-powered Travellers' Information Stations [4] in the USA, operating at 10 Watts of power.

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Programming

CIAO's programming is primarily South Asian (Hindi and Punjabi) with some Bosnian, Bulgarian, Caribbean, Croatian, Filipino, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Somali, Spanish and Ukrainian programming in the evenings and on weekends.

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References

  1. ↑ Kanitz, Walter (23 July 1960). "Suburban Radio Stations Carry Most Ethnic Shows". The Toronto Star. p. 23.
  2. ↑ https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/ciao-am
  3. ↑ Decision CRTC 91-331
  4. ↑ 47 CFR 90.242 - Travelers' information stations.

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