CKOC
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| City | Hamilton, Ontario |
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| Branding | TSN Radio 1150 |
| Frequency | 1150 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | May 1, 1922 |
| Format | Sports radio |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Former callsigns | CKMO (1992-1993) |
| Owner |
Bell Media (Bell Media Radio G.P) |
| Sister stations | CHAM, CKLH-FM |
| Website | TSN Radio Hamilton |
CKOC is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1150 AM in Hamilton, Ontario. The station airs a Sports Radio format branded as TSN Radio and is owned by Bell Media. CKOC is a 50,000 watt, Class B station operating on a Regional (not clear-channel) broadcast frequency, with transmitters located near Empire Corners in Haldimand County, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Hamilton. A six-tower directional antenna is used at all times. CKOC's studios are located on Upper Wentworth Street (next to Lime Ridge Mall) in Hamilton.
CKOC has the distinction of being the oldest continuously-operating radio station in Canada, on the air since May 1, 1922. (Station CHAB, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, began broadcasting a week earlier, on April 23, 1922, and is still on the air today, but was shut down for a period of time in 1933 before re-opening. And CFCF, later CINW, Montreal, had traced its sign on to 1919 but ceased operations in 2010.)
Originally, CKOC's station was based in the Lower City at 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 James & King Williams Streets and the a studio on Garfield Avenue near King & Sherman Avenue North. During its early years, the station broadcast on a number of frequencies, including 880, 630 and 1120 kHz; the station moved to its current frequency of 1150 in 1941.
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