frequency 1150 khz am first air date may 1 1922 format sports radio power 50 000 watts class b former callsigns ckmo 1992 1993 owner bell media bell media radio g.p sister stations cham cklh fm website tsn radio hamilton ckoc is a canadian radio station broadcasting at 1150 am in hamilton ontario . the station airs a sports radio format branded as tsn radio and is owned by bell media . ckoc is a 50 000 watt class b station operating on a regional not clear channel broadcast frequency with transmitters located near empire corners in haldimand county about 25 kilometers 15 miles south of hamilton . a six tower directional antenna is used at all times . ckoc s studios are located on upper wentworth street next to lime ridge mall in hamilton . contents 1 history 1.1 early history 1.2 later history top 40 and oldies formats 1.3 tsn 1150 2 references 3 external links history edit early history edit ckoc has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating radio station in canada on the air since may 1 1922 . station chab in moose jaw saskatchewan began broadcasting a week earlier on april 23 1922 and is still on the air today but was shut down for a period of time in 1933 before re opening . and cfcf later cinw montreal had traced its sign on to 1919 but ceased operations in 2010 . originally ckoc s station was based in the lower city at the corner of king william and john streets and was an offshoot of the wentworth radio and supply company owned by herb slack . he figured he could sell more radios if he also owned a radio station and in the spring of 1922 the station became only the third radio station in all of canada . other broadcast locations over the years for ckoc include the 11th floor of the royal connaught hotel in the downtown core the lister block building on james & king williams streets and the a studio on garfield avenue near king & sherman avenue north . 1 during its early years the station broadcast on a number of frequencies including 880 630 and 1120 khz ; the station moved to its current frequency of 1150 in 1941 . later history top 40 and oldies formats edit ckoc featured a top 40 music format from 1960 to 1992 and increased its power to 50 000 watts in 1979 . on february 17 1992 after a countdown of the top 500 hits of all time a long running annual tradition at the station ckoc debuted oldies 1150 with the new calls ckmo more oldies . however on april 2 1993 the station reverted to the heritage ckoc calls admitting that dropping the calls in the first place had been a mistake and that the station s listeners wanted the original calls back . the station mentioned its top 40 heritage on the air as part of the current oldies format with liners such as the station that played em then ... plays em again . the good times great oldies branding started sometime in late 2006 . from 1928 to 1955 the call letters ckmo were used at a pioneer radio station in vancouver . from 1993 to 2012 the ckmo call sign was again used at a radio station in victoria british columbia . in 2014 the ckmo call letters moved to a radio station in orangeville as ckmo fm . ckoc first applied for an fm station in 1968 but the fm station did not take to the air until 1986 as adult contemporary station cklh fm . ckoc has suffered from much co channel interference from cjrc in gatineau quebec at night particularly in southwestern ontario and north of toronto which received a relatively clear signal for ckoc during the day . in these areas ckoc was almost impossible to pick up on some nights due to cjrc . this interference was remedied in spring 2007 when cjrc moved to the fm dial and closed the am signal . on october 28 2007 ckoc was purchased by astral media as part of its purchase of standard broadcasting . in 2012 ckoc known as one of canada s oldest radio stations turned 90 years old . 2 3 4 logo under classic hits format 2013 15 in mid june 2013 after vinyl 95.3 switched formats from classic hits to hot ac ckoc added more 1970s and 1980s music to its playlist . it was the first time since february 1992 when the station changed its format that any music later than the 1970s has been played on the station a trend mirroring most other oldies outlets in north america which have moved away from the oldies positioning and have adopted classic hits approaches . the station dropped the great oldies reference and referred to itself as classic hits 1150 ckoc . on june 27 2013 astral media was absorbed by bell media making ckoc a bell owned and operated station . on november 4 2014 the crtc approved an application by bell media to modify ckoc s facilities from a five tower day pattern and a ten tower night pattern with a transmitter power of 50 000 watts to a six tower operation with a daytime transmitter power of 50 000 watts and a night time transmitter power of 20 000 watts . 5 tsn 1150 edit on may 28 2015 bell media announced that ckoc would flip to sports talk later that fall joining the tsn radio network as tsn radio 1150 . as part of a new agreement the station will be the new home station for the cfl s hamilton tiger cats and will be the hamilton affiliate for the toronto raptors and toronto maple leafs ; the station also later acquired the rights to mcmaster marauders football . this move will also make the station hamilton s first ever all sports station . 6 on september 2 ckoc announced they will flip to the format on labour day september 7 in conjunction with the tiger cats vs. argonauts labour day classic . ckoc ended its classic hits format with the last big 500 countdown of the top classic hits during the labour day weekend before the launch of the sports format at 10 a.m. on september 7 . the last song played on ckoc was satisfaction by the rolling stones . 7 8 ckoc is unusual among canadian radio stations in that its programming is primarily from american networks fox sports radio fills out most of the broadcast day with three local shows ; ticats at noon game day and tatti & marsh ; on the daily schedule . the use of fox sports radio for programming is despite the ownership of 20 % of tsn by fox sports competitor espn . in 2016 ckoc acquired rights to hamilton bulldogs hockey giving the station an effective monopoly on hamilton sports play by play . references edit foley doug april 16 2007 . a tale of two stations doug foley press release . the hamilton spectator . access date requires url help ckoc oldies 1150 am canada s oldest radio station turns 90 the canadian business journal paul wilson canada s oldest radio still rockin cbc news may 15 2012 classic hits ckoc 1150 ckoc 90th birthday broadcasting decision crtc 2014 565 ckoc hamilton technical change crtc november 4 2014 tsn radio coming to hamilton ckoc flips to tsn radio http www.chch.com ckoc goes out rockin external links edit official website ckoc 1150 charts site ckoc1150archives.com ckoc history canadian communications foundation query the rec s canadian station database for ckoc radio locator information on ckoc v t e radio stations in hamilton niagara ontario hamilton cham 820 chml 900 ckoc 1150 cfmu 93.3 chkx 94.7 cing 95.3 cioi 101.5 cklh 102.9 niagara region cktb 610 ckyy 89.1 crnc 90.1 chqi 90.7 cixl 91.7 chtz 97.7 cflz 101.1 cfbu 103.7 cjed 105.1 chre 105.7 defunct cjrn 710 chsc 12201 others cjxy 107.9 burlington chtg 92.9 caledonia hd digital radio 94.7 1 94.7 2 95.3 1 95.3 2 95.3 3 internet radio stations wave.fm ontario radio markets cornwall & eastern ontario hamilton niagara kenora district first nations radio kingston brockville kitchener waterloo london midwestern ontario north bay ottawa parry sound muskoka haliburton pembroke ottawa valley peterborough quinte belleville trenton rainy river simcoe county barrie orillia sault ste. marie sudbury thunder bay timiskaming timmins toronto windsor chatham sarnia see also list of radio stations in ontario buffalo radio 1 currently internet only v t e bell media and other broadcasting properties of bce inc. terrestrial tv ctv civt vancouver cfcn calgary cfrn edmonton cfqc saskatoon ckck regina cicc yorkton cipa prince albert cky winnipeg ckco kitchener cfto toronto cjoh ottawa cfcf montreal chbx sault ste. marie cici greater sudbury cito timmins ckny north bay cklt saint john ckcw moncton cjch halifax cjcb sydney ctv two civi victoria cftk terrace cjdc dawson creek chwi windsor cfpl london ckvr barrie chro ottawa specialty pay tv channels ctv two ctv two alberta ctv two atlantic ctv news bnn cp24 ctv news channel ctv specialty animal planet discovery channel discovery science discovery velocity espn classic rds rds2 rds info tsn tsn2 much mtv comedy the comedy network comedy gold mtv mtv2 much maple leaf sports & entertainment1 leafs tv nba tv canada premium and ppv cin pop the movie network hbo canada the movie network encore super cran vu 1 venus1 other booktelevision bravo canal d canal vie e fashion television gusto investigation investigation discovery space tv12 vrak z bell media radio am cfax cfgo cfra cfrb cfrn cfrw cfte cftk cham chum cior cjad cjbk cjdc cjor ckfr ckgm ckhj cklw ckmx ckoc ckor cksl ckst cktb ckww fm cfbr cfbt cfca cfei cfix cfjr cfly cfmg cfvm cfwm cfxy cfzz chbd chbe chey chik chom chor chqm chrd chre chrx chsu chtk chtz chum chvr cibk cibx cicf cidr cigb ciki cikx cilk cimf cimo cimx cioo ciqm cite montreal cite estrie citf cjab cjat cjay cjbx cjch cjcj cjdm cjfm cjfw cjmg cjmj cjmm cjmv cjoi cjpt ckbc ckfm ckgr ckkc ckkl ckkw cklc cklh ckly ckmf ckmm cknl ckpt ckqm ckrx cktf cktk ckto ckty ckxa ckx ckxr networks tsn radio bob fm boom fm ez rock nergie rouge fm 24 7 comedy ca distributor virgin radio ca licence broadcasting studios vancouver toronto 9 channel nine court 299 queen street west 250 richmond street west other bmi assets cravetv the loop predecessors telegram corporation baton broadcasting mid canada communications electrohome craig media chum limited access media group ctvglobemedia astral media defunct properties baton broadcast system wtsn ckx tv cknx tv viewers choice goltv nhl network m3 notes 1owned or part owned by bce separately from its ownership of bell media . 2community channels owned by bell canada fibe tv and bell aliant fibreop ; also not part of bell media . bce inc. associated foundations bravofact muchfact some of the assets listed above are only partially owned by bell media . refer to full asset list for detailed information . coordinates 43 03 04 n 79 48 41 w 43.05111 n 79.81139 w 43.05111 ; 79.81139 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ckoc & oldid 737146869 categories radio stations established in 1922radio stations in hamilton ontariosports radio stations in canadabell media radio stations1922 establishments in ontariohidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediacoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views 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