Media in Ottawa–Gatineau

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The following media outlets are located in Canada's National Capital Region, serving the cities of Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. The two cities, which are adjacent and each receive virtually all television and radio stations operating in either city, are considered a single media market.

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Most of the region's FM and TV stations, regardless of which community they are officially licensed to, transmit from Camp Fortune in the Gatineau Hills. Other TV stations transmit from a tower located in Manotick, in the rural south portion of Ottawa. Ryan Tower, the former transmitter tower at Camp Fortune, was taken down on November 4, 2012 and its services and some antenna elements were transferred to a new, nearby tower. [1]

In addition to the market's local media services, Ottawa is also home to several national media operations, including CPAC (Canada's national legislature broadcaster), the digital political newspaper iPolitics , and the parliamentary bureau staff of all of Canada's major newsgathering organizations in television, radio and print. The city is also home to the legal headquarters of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation although operational headquarters for English- and French-language services are located in Toronto and Montreal, respectively.

Radio

AM stations

FrequencyCall signBrandingFormatOwnerNotes
AM 580 CFRA 580 CFRA news/talk Bell Media Radio Also available on FM 100.3 via HD Radio
AM 1200 CFGO TSN 1200 Ottawa sports Bell Media Radio Also available on FM 100.3 via HD Radio
AM 1670 CJEU (AM) Radio Oxygène 1670AM
Radio-Enfant-Ado
children's radio Fondation Radio-Enfant French (Gatineau)

FM stations

FrequencyCall signBrandingFormatOwnerNotes
FM 88.5 CILV-FM Live 88.5 modern rock Stingray Group
FM 89.1 CHUO-FM CHUO FM 89.1 campus radio University of Ottawa
FM 89.9 CIHT-FM Hot 89.9 contemporary hit radio Stingray Group
FM 90.7 CBOF-FM Ici Radio-Canada Première news/talk Canadian Broadcasting Corporation French
FM 91.5 CBO-FM CBC Radio One news/talk Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
FM 92.3 CJET-FM Santa Radio Christmas music Rogers Media licensed to Smiths Falls
FM 92.7 CJVN-FM Christian radio Fiston Kalambay French (Ottawa)
FM 93.1 CKCU-FM CKCU FM 93.1 campus radio Carleton University
FM 93.9 CKKL-FM Pure Country 94 country music Bell Media Radio
FM 94.5 CJFO-FM Unique FM community radio Radio de la communauté francophone d'Ottawa French (Ottawa)
FM 94.9 CIMF-FM Rouge FM soft adult contemporary Bell Media Radio French (Gatineau)
FM 95.7 CFPO-FM Elmnt FM adult contemporary Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
FM 96.5 CFTX-FM BPM Sports 96.5 Gatineau sports radio RNC Media French (Gatineau)
FM 97.1 CHLX-FM Wow 97.1 adult contemporary RNC Media French (Gatineau)
FM 97.5 CKVV-FM Moose FM adult hits Vista Broadcast Group licensed to Kemptville
FM 97.9 CJLL-FM CHIN Ottawamultilingual community CHIN Radio/TV International
FM 98.5 CJWL-FM Lite 98.5 Soft AC/pop standards Evanov Communications
FM 99.1 CHRI-FM CHRI 99.1 Christian music Christian Hit Radio
FM 99.7 CJOT-FM boom 99.7 Classic Hits Corus Entertainment
FM 100.3 CJMJ-FM Move 100 adult contemporary Bell Media Radio
FM 101.1 CKBY-FM Country 101.1 country music Rogers Media licensed to Smiths Falls
FM 101.7 CIDG-FM Rebel 101.7 active rock Torres Media
FM 102.5 CBOX-FM Ici Musique public music Canadian Broadcasting Corporation French
FM 103.3 CBOQ-FM CBC Music public music Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
FM 104.1 CKTF-FM Énergie contemporary hit radio Bell Media Radio French (Gatineau)
FM 104.7 CKOF-FM 104,7 FM Talk radio Cogeco French (Gatineau)
FM 105.3 CISS-FM Kiss FM hot adult contemporary Rogers Media
FM 106.1 CHEZ-FM Chez 106 mainstream rock Rogers Media
FM 106.9 CKQB-FM Jump FM contemporary hit radio Corus Entertainment
FM 107.9 CKDJ-FM CKDJ FM 107.9 campus radio Algonquin College

Weatheradio

FrequencyCall signBrandingFormatOwnerNotes
162.550 MHzVBE 719 Weatheradio Canada weather alerts Meteorological Service of Canada

Shortwave (SW)

FrequencyCall signBrandingFormatOwnerNotes
3330 kHz
7850 kHz 1
14670 kHz
CHU time signal National Research Council of Canada shortwave radio station.
1On January 1, 2009, CHU moved its signal from 7335 kHz to 7850 kHz.

Other radio stations

The following radio stations that can also be heard in the National Capital Region:

Defunct radio stations

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FM

Television

Despite being one of Canada's largest metropolitan areas, many of the "local" stations serving Ottawa–Gatineau are, in fact, based in the Greater Toronto Area. Notably, the country's #2 and #3 private-sector broadcast networks, Global and Citytv, respectively, rely on repeaters of their Toronto-based stations, not originating stations, to serve Ottawa viewers. Despite this, however, Ottawa–Gatineau is unique among Canadian television markets, as the only market in all of Canada which has terrestrial access to virtually the entire range of Canadian broadcast networks and systems in both English and French — the larger Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver media markets each lack over-the-air access to some of the services in their market's minority language. The sole exception is aboriginal network APTN, which only has broadcast coverage in the North, but is carried on cable in Ottawa and indeed throughout the country.

Of the fourteen stations available over the air, only six actually originate from the area and provide local news. These six stations are currently owned by only three companies, with two stations apiece: the CBC (with stations for its English and French networks), RNC Media (which owns the local affiliates of the two private French-language networks, TVA and Noovo), and Bell Media (which owns stations associated with its CTV and CTV 2 networks).

Both of the CBC stations carry local evening newscasts in their respective languages. The two Bell Media-owned stations, while nominally maintaining separate news operations, do not currently compete against each other for local news; CTV airs local newscasts at midday and in the evening, while CTV 2 only broadcasts a morning newscast. As for the RNC Media stations, the TVA affiliate carries a local evening newscast, whereas the Noovo affiliate only airs short local news updates.

OTA virtual channel (PSIP)Actual channel Rogers Cable
(Ottawa)
Vidéotron
(Gatineau)
Call signNetworkLanguageTransmitter locationNotes
4.125 (UHF)86 CBOT-DT CBC Television EN Camp Fortune, Gatineau
6.114 (UHF)38 CIII-DT-6 Global EN Camp Fortune, Gatineau Rebroadcaster of CIII-DT (Toronto)
9.133 (UHF)52 CBOFT-DT Ici Radio-Canada Télé FR Camp Fortune, Gatineau
11.122 (UHF)1811 CHCH-DT-1 IndependentEN Manotick, Ottawa Rebroadcaster of CHCH-DT (Hamilton)
13.116 (UHF)77 CJOH-DT CTV EN Camp Fortune, Gatineau
14.120 (UHF)14240 CJMT-DT-2 Omni Television
("Omni 2")
EN Manotick, Ottawa Rebroadcaster of CJMT-DT (Toronto)
15.115 (UHF)2555 CITS-DT-1 Yes TV EN Manotick, Ottawa Rebroadcaster of CITS-DT (Hamilton)
24.124 (UHF)210 CICO-DT-24 TVOntario EN Camp Fortune, Gatineau Rebroadcaster of CICA-DT (Toronto)
30.130 (UHF)693 CIVO-DT Télé-Québec FR Camp Fortune, Gatineau Rebroadcaster of CIVM-DT (Montreal)
32.132 (UHF)104 CHOT-DT TVA FR Camp Fortune, Gatineau
34.134 (UHF)115 CFGS-DT Noovo FR Camp Fortune, Gatineau
43.135 (UHF)612 CHRO-DT-43 CTV 2 EN Manotick, Ottawa Rebroadcaster of CHRO-TV (Pembroke)
60.127 (UHF)16239 CFMT-DT-2 Omni Television
("Omni 1")
EN Manotick, Ottawa Rebroadcaster of CFMT-DT (Toronto)
65.117 (UHF)1513 CITY-DT-3 Citytv EN Manotick, Ottawa Rebroadcaster of CITY-DT (Toronto)
22 Rogers TV EN Rogers Cable community channel
23 TV Rogers FR Rogers Cable community channel
9 MAtv FR Vidéotron community channel

Defunct television stations

Newspapers

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Weekly

College and university

Community

Other publications

Other media

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References

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  2. vankleekfm.com
  3. www.labradio.ca
  4. Decision CRTC 97-44, New French-language religious FM radio programming undertaking, CRTC, February 6, 1997
  5. VF8013-FM, French/Religious, Ottawa Fabrique de la Paroisse du Sacré-Coeur du diocèse d'Ottawa - Canadian Communications Foundation
  6. VF8013 - fccdata.org
  7. www.radiohull.ca
  8. CIWW - AM 1310 KHz Ottawa - FINAL Sign Off Oct. 27th 2023 9am EDT
  9. Decision CRTC 2001-67, New low-power information service, CRTC, February 14, 2001
  10. Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2005-64
  11. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-231
  12. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-227, Findings regarding market capacity and the appropriateness of issuing a call for radio applications to serve the Ottawa-Gatineau radio market, CRTC, June 30, 2017
  13. Decision CRTC 89-263
  14. New Canadian FM and technical changes since 18th Edition FM Atlas (under "deleted" section)
  15. Former Ottawa Valley Radio Stations, Canadian Communications Foundation (see former stations)
  16. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-71 Special event radio programming undertaking, Fondation radio enfant (du Canada), CRTC, March 14, 2002
  17. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-601
  18. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-75
  19. CIIO-FM - Canadian Communications Foundation