CING-FM
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| City | Hamilton, Ontario |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Toronto Area, Niagara Peninsula |
| Branding | 95.3 Fresh Radio |
| Slogan | Today's Best Mix |
| Frequency | 95.3 MHz (FM) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | September 24, 1976 |
| Format |
Hot AC (Analog/HD1) CFMJ simulcast (HD2) CHML simulcast (HD3) |
| ERP | 100 kWs |
| HAAT | 305 meters (1,001 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | derived from the word "sing" |
| Former frequencies | 107.9 MHz (1976-1990) |
| Owner |
Corus Entertainment Corus Entertainment Radio (Corus Premium Television Ltd.) |
| Website | 95.3 Fresh Radio |
CING-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 95.3 FM in Hamilton, Ontario. The station airs a hot adult contemporary format branded as 95.3 Fresh Radio. CING's studios are located on West Main Street in Hamilton, while its transmitter is located atop the Niagara Escarpment near Upper Centennial Parkway. CING is owned by Corus Entertainment.
CING was launched in 1976 by Burlington Broadcasting, at 107.9 FM in Burlington, Ontario. Initially an easy listening and then an oldies station, the station switched to a dance music format on August 30, 1991, which garnered a huge audience, after several months of adding new-age music to its mixture of classical and middle-of-the-road music. The station applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) a number of times in the 1980s for frequency changes in the hopes of better reaching the more lucrative Toronto market, but was denied each time.
CING is one of the most powerful radio stations in Southeastern Ontario. Its signal can be heard in Hamilton, the Greater Toronto Area, the Niagara Region, and even Buffalo, New York. The station is marketed towards both Hamilton and Toronto.
CING-FM began on September 23, 1976, as a beautiful music format featuring mostly instrumental versions of pop favorites. The first song heard on the 107.9 FM frequency was "Sing" by The Carpenters. The station began experimenting with playing oldies during the overnight period in 1978; the response was positive, and by 1980 oldies shows constituted the majority of the program schedule. During the 1980s, FM 108 divided its programming between oldies and middle of the road music, and was known for its personable oldies announcers, including Glen Darling, Norman B., Steve Richards/Mortenson, Wes Atkinson, Burt Thombs, Clint Trueman, Jay Brown, Dale Patterson (webmaster for Rock Radio Scrapbook), the Shadow, Dave Terryberry, Larry Smith, and the infamous Rockin Robin.
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