CKDO is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1580 AM in Oshawa, Ontario. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. The station airs an oldies format. Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a Radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the 1950s 1960s and 1970s (about 1955-1977 CKDO also has an FM rebroadcaster (CKDO-FM-1) at 107. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that 7 FM.
CKDO was launched in 1946 by T. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. W. Elliott, an executive with the Canadian division of General Motors. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Its original frequency was 1240.
In 1950, Elliott sold the station to Lakeland Broadcasting, who adopted the new callsign CKLB. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The station moved to AM 1350 in 1956. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The following year, Lakeland launched an FM sister station, CKLB-FM. CKGE-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 949 FM in Oshawa, Ontario. In 1979, the stations were acquired by Grant Broadcasting, and CKLB adopted the new call sign CKAR. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
In 1990, Grant Broadcasting sold the stations to Power Broadcasting. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Power Corporation of Canada ( is a major Canadian company with assets in North America and Europe in a number of industries In 1992, Power readopted the station's original CKDO calls and its current format. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) (CKAR was a former callsign of a radio station in Huntsville, Ontario and today the CKAR callsign now belongs to a television station in Armstrong, Ontario). Huntsville (2006 population 18280 is a Town in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, Canada. A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and Video to Television receivers in a particular area For the CNR divisional point in Thunder Bay District, see Armstrong Thunder Bay District Ontario.
In 1996, the station moved to an adult contemporary format, sometimes simulcasting the programming of its FM sister station and other times airing its own distinct programming schedule. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in
In 2000, Corus Entertainment acquired the stations. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Corus Entertainment Inc () is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company In February of 2001, Corus converted CKDO to its shortlived talk radio network (also consisting of CHML in Hamilton, CFPL in London, CKRU in Peterborough, CFFX in Kingston and CJOY in Guelph), but the station returned to the oldies format by the summer of that year. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Talk radio is a Radio format containing discussion about topical issues Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population CFPL, or AM980, is a radio station owned by Corus Entertainment and based in London Ontario, Canada that transmits at 10000 Watts London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457720 the city proper CKRU is a Radio station at AM 980 kHz in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada with an Oldies and talk format branded Peterborough is a City on the Otonabee River in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres CFFX is a Canadian Radio station, broadcasting at FM 1043 in Kingston Ontario. Kingston Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St
In 2003, CKDO and CKGE were acquired by their current owner, Durham Radio. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Durham established the FM rebroadcaster in 2005. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
On August 13, 2006, CKDO moved from AM 1350 to its current AM 1580 frequency. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.