CKGL (570 AM) is a Canadian

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, which broadcasts at 570 AM in

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. The station currently broadcasts a

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format branded on-air as ''

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570''. The station is owned by

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, and is an affiliate of the

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. CKGL is also the radio broadcaster for the

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History

The station was originally launched in 1949 as FM 96.7 CKCR-FM, simulcasting the programming of CKCR. In 1965, the stations were acquired by Great Lakes Broadcasting, a consortium that included

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. Both stations changed their callsigns to CHYM (pronounced as "chime") that year. Among the first disc jockeys on CHYM were Gene Scott, Vic Thomas, Sandy Hoyt, Keith Sterling, and Larry Shannon. Distinct programming was launched on CHYM for the first time in 1968. In 1972, the FM outlet's callsign was changed again, to the current CKGL (evidently for "Kitchener, Great Lakes"). In 1982, Maclean-Hunter took over full ownership of the stations. The CHYM and CKGL intellectual units (call signs, branding, and programming, but not the licences themselves) swapped frequencies on September 4, 1992 at 8:00 a.m, with CKGL moving to the AM band. (CRTC approval was required, but only as a format swap between the existing stations at 570 and 96.7, not a formal exchange of frequencies.) The stations became part of

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in 1994 when that company acquired Maclean-Hunter. When CHYM and CKGL swapped frequencies, the CKGL

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format was moved to AM with CKGL. On June 19, 1997, this successful format was changed to

. In late 2005, CKGL adopted the popular

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format for the morning and afternoon drive time slots. In 2007, CKGL won the

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for "Best Newscast". The winning newscast aired Friday October 6, 2006 at 7 AM and highlighted RIM co-CEO

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's intent to buy the

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. CKGL had a reporter live in Pittsburgh when Balsillie made the announcement. In June 2021, Rogers announced that it would rebrand CKGL and its other

and

radio stations under the ''

'' brand beginning October 18, 2021. As with similarly-branded Ottawa sister station

CIWW CIWW (1310 kHz, ''CityNews Ottawa'') is a commercial AM radio station in Ottawa, Ontario, owned by Rogers Sports & Media, and branded as ''CityNews Ottawa''. It simulcasts a News/Talk radio format, along with co-owned 101.1 CJET-FM. The rad ...

, the broadcast signal of Citytv's Toronto flagship station reaches

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and is also available on cable, satellite, and fibre TV services, but Citytv Toronto does not cover local news in the market.

References

External links

CityNews 570
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