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King William Street is a Lower City collector road in
Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of ...
, Canada. It starts off at the western-end at James Street North and is a one-way street (Eastbound) until Mary Street, where it becomes a two-way street that ends at Wentworth Street North. It is named after King
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History

In 1922,
CKOC CKOC (1150 AM) is a radio station in Hamilton, Ontario. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a business news format. CKOC is a 50,000-watt, Class B station operating on a Regional (not clear-channel) broadcast frequency, with transmitters located ...
radio station (1150 on the AM dial) started up. As of April 2007, it is the oldest radio station in English Canada; second oldest overall. On the air since May 1, 1922. Originally ran as Top-40 format, today it's an "Oldies" radio station. In 1927,
CHML CHML is a radio station, broadcasting at 900 AM in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. CHML's transmitter power is 50,000 watts using an eight-tower directional antenna array with a signal oriented largely west-northwest to east-southeast, covering the ...
, (900 on the AM dial), began operations as a response to censorship of political discussions by Hamilton's first radio station, CKOC. The original owners were ''Maple Leaf Radio Company'', and the "HML" in the callsign stood for "Hamilton Maple Leaf". CHML's broadcast station is on Main Street West in the Lower City. Originally, CKOC's broadcast from 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
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& ''King Williams Streets'' and a studio on ''Garfield Avenue'' near
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& Sherman Avenue North. Today the radio station is based on the Mountain on Upper Wentworth Street, just north of Limeridge Mall.


Landmarks

''Note: Listing of Landmarks from West to East.'' * Hamilton City Centre (Mall, formerly the ''Eaton's Centre'') * Lloyd D. Jackson Square (Mall) * Lister Block Building * Homegrown Hamilton * Club Absinthe * Downtown Bingo Hall (back-end) * Geyer Studio * The Baltimore House * Manta Contemporary Art Gallery * Hamilton Central Fire Department (just north of ''King William Street'' on John Street North) * Seventy-Seven Night Club * The Underground, Steel City Music Venue * Children's International Learning Centre *
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, Dofasco Centre for the Performing Arts, downtown * Hamilton Regional Police station * Tweedsmuir Elementary School (demolished in 2006) * Cathedral High School


Communities

''Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East.'' *
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- The financial center of
Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of ...
* Beasley * Landsdale


References

*MapArt
Golden Horseshoe The Golden Horseshoe is a secondary region of Southern Ontario, Canada, which lies at the western end of Lake Ontario, with outer boundaries stretching south to Lake Erie and north to Lake Scugog, Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay of Lake Huron. The ...
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External links


The Underground, Steel City Music VenueTheatre Aquarius, Dofasco Centre for the Performing Arts
{{Hamilton Roads in Hamilton, Ontario