CISL (AM)
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| City | Richmond, BC |
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| Broadcast area | Metro Vancouver |
| Branding | CISL 650 AM |
| Slogan | Smooth & Easy |
| Frequency | 650 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | May 1, 1980 |
| Format |
Easy listening/Adult standards Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.) |
| Power | 10,000 watts (day) 9,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Transmitter coordinates | 49°08′39″N 123°03′37″W / 49.144261°N 123.060318°WCoordinates: 49°08′39″N 123°03′37″W / 49.144261°N 123.060318°W |
| Callsign meaning | C ISL (reference to Lulu Island) |
| Former frequencies | 940 kHz (1980-1985) |
| Owner | Newcap Radio |
| Sister stations | CHLG-FM, CKZZ-FM |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www.cisl650.com |
CISL is a Canadian radio station, in Vancouver, British Columbia, owned by Newcap Radio. The station currently offers an easy listening/adult standards format branded as "CISL 650 Smooth & Easy" broadcasting at 650 AM. It is one of Canada's few remaining successful music stations on the AM dial. The calls in its moniker are generally pronounced "C-Isle".
CISL's studios are located in Richmond, while its transmitters are located on Lulu Island.
CISL originally signed on on May 1, 1980, at a frequency of 940 kHz and a power of 2500 watts. The licence was granted to South Fraser Broadcasting, a group controlled by Michael Dickinson, whose previous broadcast experience included a stint at Vancouver radio stations CHQM AM/FM. While the original music content was primarily contemporary easy listening (and branded as "AM Gold Music Radio"), with its playlist consisting of music released from 1955 to the-then present, overall content placed an emphasis on the community of Richmond (the ISLand in CISL).
About 1985, the frequency was changed to 650 kHz (CFML's former frequency) and the daytime power increased to 10,000 watts, still at the same Richmond transmitter site (the antenna array was changed from four to three towers). On December 27, 1988, CISL shifted to a full-time oldies format (with its playlist now featuring music from 1955-1975), and CISL 650 became a major player in the Vancouver radio scene. The original Richmond community programming expanded to include all of the lower mainland. CISL enjoyed its greatest ratings and sales success from 1986 to 1989. In 1990, South Fraser Broadcasting was issued an FM license, which went on the air as CKZZ-FM the following year. CISL and CKZZ were sold by South Fraser Broadcasting to Standard Broadcasting in May 1996.
Today, CISL broadcasts out of Richmond, British Columbia.
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