The station was originally launched in 1926 as an informal broadcasting experiment by local businessman W. T. Cruickshank, who aired live and unscripted programming provided by customers of his repair shop. In its original incarnation, the station was simply known as Joke, but proved so popular that Cruickshank applied for an amateur broadcasting license and the station formally became 10BP by 1930. In 1935, the station was officially licensed as commercial radio station CKNX, on 1200 AM. CKNX was affiliated with CBC Radio's Dominion Network until 1962.
Frequency moveedit
The station briefly moved to the 1230 frequency in 1941, and to its current 920 frequency a few months later. In the late 1940s and 1950s, the station's Saturday Night Barn Dance was one of the most popular and influential radio programs in Ontario.
CKNX-TVedit
In 1955, CKNX-TV was also launched. On March 8, 1962, the building which accommodated the CKNX radio and television stations caught fire. Although nothing could be salvaged, CKNX was back on the air within a few hours, broadcasting from temporary facilities at the transmitter site and using the nearby high school gym as a TV studio. CKNX operations continued as such (with various temporary offices set up in Wingham) until they purchased new equipment and moved into a new building in 1963.
Acquisitionedit
The stations were acquired in 1971 by Blackburn Radio, who also launched CKNX-FM in 1977. Blackburn sold the television station to Baton Broadcasting in 1993, but retains ownership of the radio stations to this day. Blackburn also launched a second FM station in Wingham, CIBU, in 2005.
FM applicationedit
On May 31, 2011, Blackburn Radio applied to add a new FM transmitter at Wingham to rebroadcast the programming of CKNX at 104.3 MHz.[2] This application was denied by the CRTC on May 10, 2013.[3]
cknx, cknx, canadian, radio, station, which, broadcasts, wingham, ontario, station, broadcasts, classic, country, music, news, format, cknx, also, affiliate, toronto, blue, jays, radio, network, cknxwingham, ontariobroadcast, areamid, western, ontariofrequency. CKNX is a Canadian radio station which broadcasts at 920 AM in Wingham Ontario The station broadcasts a classic country music amp news format CKNX is also an affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays radio network CKNXWingham OntarioBroadcast areaMid Western OntarioFrequency920 kHz AM BrandingCKNX AM920ProgrammingFormatClassic country Full service radioAffiliationsToronto Blue Jays 1 Westwood OneOwnershipOwnerBlackburn RadioHistoryFirst air date1926Technical informationClassBPower10 000 watts day1 000 watts nightLinksWebsitecknx ca Contents 1 History 1 1 Launch 1 2 Frequency move 2 CKNX TV 3 Acquisition 4 FM application 5 References 6 External linksHistory editLaunch edit nbsp CKNX AM broadcast area map The station was originally launched in 1926 as an informal broadcasting experiment by local businessman W T Cruickshank who aired live and unscripted programming provided by customers of his repair shop In its original incarnation the station was simply known as Joke but proved so popular that Cruickshank applied for an amateur broadcasting license and the station formally became 10BP by 1930 In 1935 the station was officially licensed as commercial radio station CKNX on 1200 AM CKNX was affiliated with CBC Radio s Dominion Network until 1962 Frequency move edit The station briefly moved to the 1230 frequency in 1941 and to its current 920 frequency a few months later In the late 1940s and 1950s the station s Saturday Night Barn Dance was one of the most popular and influential radio programs in Ontario CKNX TV editIn 1955 CKNX TV was also launched On March 8 1962 the building which accommodated the CKNX radio and television stations caught fire Although nothing could be salvaged CKNX was back on the air within a few hours broadcasting from temporary facilities at the transmitter site and using the nearby high school gym as a TV studio CKNX operations continued as such with various temporary offices set up in Wingham until they purchased new equipment and moved into a new building in 1963 Acquisition editThe stations were acquired in 1971 by Blackburn Radio who also launched CKNX FM in 1977 Blackburn sold the television station to Baton Broadcasting in 1993 but retains ownership of the radio stations to this day Blackburn also launched a second FM station in Wingham CIBU in 2005 FM application editOn May 31 2011 Blackburn Radio applied to add a new FM transmitter at Wingham to rebroadcast the programming of CKNX at 104 3 MHz 2 This application was denied by the CRTC on May 10 2013 3 References edit Blue Jays Radio Network Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2011 354 Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013 238 CKNX Wingham New transmitter in Wingham CRTC May 10 2013External links editCKNX AM920 CKNX AM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation CKNX in the REC Canadian station database nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Ontario is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title CKNX AM amp oldid 1199174294, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
