CIWW

Last updated
CIWW
Defunct
CityNews 101.1 logo.png
Broadcast area National Capital Region
Eastern Ontario
Western Quebec
Frequency 1310 kHz
Branding CityNews 101.1
Programming
Format News/talk
History
First air date
 1922
Last air date
October 26, 2023
(101 years)
Former call signs
CKCO (1922-1949)
CKOY (1949-1985)
Former frequencies
400 m (1922-1925)
690 kHz (1925-1929)
840 kHz (1927)
890 kHz (1929-1933)
1010 kHz (1933-1941)
Technical information
Class B
Power 50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 45°15′27.1″N75°47′03.2″W / 45.257528°N 75.784222°W / 45.257528; -75.784222 (CIWW})

CIWW (1310 AM) was a radio station in Ottawa, Ontario owned by Rogers Radio. The station was the oldest radio station in Ottawa, first signing on in 1922. The station broadcast at 50,000 watts, the maximum for Canadian AM stations. The transmitter site is on McKenna Casey Drive, near Strandherd Drive and Ontario Highway 416 in Nepean. [1] To protect other stations on 1310 AM, it used a directional antenna. By day it employed a two-tower array and at night a five-tower array. The nighttime signal was beamed mainly into Canada. [2]

Contents

In 2020, the station added an FM simulcast on CJET-FM. On October 26, 2023, the station was closed by Rogers after just over 100 years of operation.

History

CKCO and CKOY

CIWW was Ottawa's oldest station and one of the first in Canada. Dr. George Geldert launched the station in 1922. Its original call sign was CKCO. The use of the CKCO call letters was not related to CKCO-TV in Kitchener, which signed on decades later.

In its early years, CKCO changed frequencies a number of times, as most early AM radio stations in North America did. With the adoption of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), the station moved to its current 1310 AM frequency in 1941. In 1945, CKCO became Ottawa's affiliate of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Dominion Network until the network dissolved in 1962.

In 1949, the station was purchased by Southam, a newspaper and broadcasting company. The callsign changed to CKOY.

Logo as "Oldies 1310", c. 1992-2010 CIWW AM.png
Logo as "Oldies 1310", c. 1992–2010

CIWW Oldies

In 1972, sister station CKBY-FM was launched. In 1978, after two failed attempts to sell the stations to Moffat Communications, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved their sale to Maclean-Hunter.

The station adopted the call sign CIWW in 1985, switching to an Oldies format. The playlist was mostly music of the late 1950s to early 1970s. The name used over the air was W1310, followed by Sunny 1310. In 1992, the station changed to the branding of Oldies 1310.

All-News Radio

In 1994, the stations became part of Rogers Radio when Rogers acquired Maclean-Hunter.

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First logo as 1310 News
Second and final logo as 1310 News 1310 NEWS logo.svg
Second and final logo as 1310 News

On October 12, 2010, the station announced it would be adopting an all-news format, to be branded 1310 News, taking effect the following Monday, October 18, at 6:00 a.m. [3] CIWW is the fourth Rogers station to adopt a 24-hour all-news format after CFTR Toronto, CKWX Vancouver, and CFFR Calgary. The company also owns four other stations that combine the all-news format (during morning and afternoon drive) with talk programming.

The final song played on the station in its oldies format, at 5:55 a.m. on October 18, 2010, was "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)", a song which rapidly recounts radio from the 1950s, '60s & '70s. This was followed at 5:58 a.m. by an announcement that the format change was taking effect.

Adding sports

Rogers announced on November 5, 2013 that CIWW would begin carrying Sportsnet Radio programing from Toronto sister station CJCL for the bulk of its schedule. The station continues its all-news format during drive time hours. It also introduced a local late-morning general-interest talk show, Talk to the Hand, hosted by Ed Hand. The move was concurrent with layoffs at Rogers. [4] [5]

On November 24, 2014, CIWW made a slight change to their schedule, which included morning news beginning a half-hour earlier at 5:00 am, Talk to the Hand was renamed to The Ed Hand Show and began airing for three hours, from 10 – 1 pm. Afternoon news, hosted by Mark Day and Lisa Best, now began and ended an hour earlier, starting at 2 pm and ending at 7 pm. Prime Time Sports ran in the evening.

Adding more talk

On March 18, 2016, the station named Mark Sutcliffe, a long-time Ottawa broadcaster and future mayor, as host of Ottawa Today, airing weekdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, and repeated every weekend from 8 a.m.

On May 10, 2016, it was announced that former CTV Ottawa news anchor Carol Anne Meehan would be hosting The Carol Anne Meehan Show, which aired from 1 to 3 p.m. The show was later replaced by The Rick Gibbons Show in November 27, 2017.

On September 16, 2016, afternoon newscasts started beginning at 3 p.m.

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logo after AM/FM simulcast

On December 3, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., CIWW rebranded as CityNews , and began simulcasting on sister station CJET-FM (101.1) while continuing to broadcast on 1310. [6] The FM signal was strongest to the south and west of Ottawa, while the AM signal continued to cover Ottawa's eastern suburbs that may not have picked up the FM station.

Closure

On October 26, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., CIWW was shut down by Rogers, and the all-news format was concurrently discontinued. [7] After 101 years of service to the Ottawa area and transmitting at 1310 kHz since 1941, the CIWW 1310 AM transmitter was turned off the following day on October 27, 2023 at 9:00 AM, after airing a final announcement: [8]

You're listening to 1310 AM, the former home of CityNews Ottawa.

Despite the best efforts of the talented and committed team who provided local news and engaging talk radio to Ottawa and the region dependably day after day, the station has now sadly closed.

This was an incredibly difficult decision and one we hoped we'd not have to make.

To the team that contributed so passionately to the station, thank you.

To each of you who showed us your support by tuning in day after day, thank you.

To each local business that trusted us to help market your products and services, thank you.

If you're seeking local news, traffic and weather, you can find that 24-7 at ottawa.citynews.ca.

Ottawa, thank you. (AM static)

CJET-FM returned to its former country format on 101.1 FM when the callsign was changed to CKBY-FM, while 92.3 became CJET-FM which briefly simulcast CKBY-FM, stunting Christmas music on November 1, then back to its Jack FM format on December 27, 2023. [9] [10] On November 28, 2023, CIWW's license was returned to the CRTC by Rogers. [11]

Programming

As CityNews, local all-news blocks were heard from 5 to 6 AM weekday mornings, and also during All News Afternoons drive times. The station's morning show, Wake Up With Rob Snow, featured talk programming from 6 to 9 AM hosted by Rob Snow and produced by David Smith and Noah Wachter. In mid-days, two local talk shows aired: The Talkback Hour with David Smith in late mornings and The Sam Laprade Show in early afternoons. The Sam Laprade Show was rebroadcast during evenings. Overnights featured syndicated sports content from CBS Sports shared with CFTR Toronto and CKWX Vancouver.

On weekends, all-news blocks were heard in the mornings and overnights, with Best Of talk show segments airing in the afternoons and CBS Sports Radio in the evenings. ABC News Radio supplies reports on world and U.S. news. The station was also the Ottawa affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays Radio Network. [12]

Former broadcasters

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References

  1. ↑ FCCdata.org/CIWW
  2. ↑ "CIWW-AM 1310 kHz - Ottawa, ON". radio-locator.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  3. ↑ Tony Lofaro (2010-10-12). "No more Oldies 1310 as station switches to all-news format". ottawacitizen.com . Archived from the original on 2010-10-16. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  4. ↑ Pilieci, Vito (November 5, 2013). "Ottawa's 1310 News revamps programming in wake of Rogers layoffs". Ottawa Citizen . Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ Black, Alex (November 6, 2013). "Veteran broadcaster Ed Hand tackles local issues on 'Talk to the Hand'". 1310News. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ "1310 NEWS becomes CityNews, serving Ottawa and the Valley". CityNews Ottawa. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  7. ↑ Rogers shutters CityNews Ottawa radio broadcast, Ottawa Citizen , October 26, 2023
  8. ↑ CIWW - AM 1310 KHz Ottawa - FINAL Sign Off Oct. 27th 2023 9am EDT
  9. ↑ Thiessen, Connie (October 26, 2023). "Rogers Sports & Media shuttering CityNews Ottawa radio operations". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Jack Returns To Smiths Falls/Ottawa". RadioInsight. 2023-12-27. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  11. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2023-392, CIWW Ottawa – Revocation of licence, CRTC, November 28, 2023
  12. ↑ "Blue Jays Radio Network".
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