CKOT-FM is a Canadian

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licensed to

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, broadcasting at 101.3 FM and serving the

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area. Owned by

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, the station broadcasts an

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format. Its

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is located near the interchange of Highway 19 and

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(Exit 218), close to

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History

CKOT-FM is the second radio station to serve

, and is the sister station to the now defunct CKOT and the current operating

CJDL-FM CJDL-FM (107.3 FM, ''Country 107.3'') is a radio station licensed to Tillsonburg, Ontario. Owned by Rogers Sports & Media, it broadcasts a country format. The station was established in 1955 as the AM station CKOT, before migrating to FM in 2007 ...

. The station's history dates back to 1964. Its owner was the late John B. Lamers (1905-April 17, 1994). His application for a radio station on the FM dial at 106.7 FM was accepted, but he was advised to use the frequency of 100.5 FM instead. The station first aired on October 1, 1965. Its ERP was 1,135

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s. Its studios were in Tillsonburg, while its transmitter was located to the northwest of the town. CKOT-FM originally acted as a simulcast transmitter while CKOT was on the air (the FM transmitter was able to operate from 6 a.m. to

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, even though the AM station could only air from sunrise to sunset, as it was a daytimer station). Since the FM station was on the air longer, it proved to be successful. By January 1970, CKOT-FM and CKOT had adopted different programming. CKOT-FM adopted "The Sound of Music"

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format, while the AM station became known as "Active, Lively, Community Information Radio". In 1974, the station was granted permission to move to 101.3

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, to increase its power to 50,000 watts, and to move its transmitter to a new site (its current location). This went into effect in December 1974. In 1996, the

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approved a change of ownership of Tillsonburg Broadcasting Co. Ltd., resulting in John D. Lamers, Jr. increasing his ownership interest from 36.8 to 50.3%. This gave him a controlling interest in his Tillsonburg Broadcasting (also known as the "John D. Lamers Group"), and its two radio stations (CKOT-AM-FM). Other shareholders are Robert Lamers and Joanne Fenton. On February 17, 2013, CKOT operating at 1510

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left the air and was one of Canada's last daytime-only radio stations. On September 27, 2016, Tillsonburg Broadcasting Company announced that it had sold its stations to

Rogers Media Rogers Media Inc., operating as Rogers Sports & Media, is a Canadian subsidiary of Rogers Communications that owns the company's mass media and sports properties, such as the Citytv and Omni Television terrestrial television stations, Sportsnet, ...

pending CRTC approval, ending over 50 years of local ownership. The CRTC approved the transfer of ownership on July 13, 2017. On August 15, 2018, the station re-branded from ''Easy 101'' to ''Easy 101.3'' (with branding modelled upon other Rogers-owned AC stations) and revamped its programming, replacing its local personalities with voice tracked talent from its sister stations, and dropping older music in favour of a mainstream

format.

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External links

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CRTC application to move to FM dial
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