CKOT (AM)
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| City | Tillsonburg, Ontario |
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| Broadcast area | Southwestern Ontario |
| Branding | Country 107.3 |
| Slogan | Southwest Ontario's Best New and Classic Country Music |
| Frequency | 107.3 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | April 30, 1955 - February 17, 2013 (1510 AM) August 2007 (107.3 FM) |
| Format | country |
| ERP | 2,000 watts average 7,800 watts peak |
| HAAT | 225 meters (738 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | C John D. Lamers (owner of Tillsonburg Broadcasting Company) |
| Former callsigns | CKOT (AM) (1955-2013) |
| Owner | Tillsonburg Broadcasting Company (Sale pending to Rogers Media) |
| Sister stations | CKOT-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.country1073.ca |
CJDL-FM is an FM radio station licensed to Tillsonburg, Ontario which broadcasts at 107.3 FM.
The station was originally licensed on April 26, 1955 and aired four days later at 1510 kHz on the AM dial. The station was owned by John B. Lamers, Sr., Ken Orton, and four other shareholders under the name of Tillsonburg Broadcasting Company, Limited. The transmitter and two 160-foot (49 m) high towers were located in Lot 16, Concession 2, of Middleton Township in Norfolk County. The station was a daytimer (operating only during the day) for much of its existence and was also the last remaining Canadian daytime-only station still in operation until it shut down its AM side in 2013.
CJDL operates a predominantly classic country music format with some current country hits. Since CKMX dropped its country format in 2013, CJDL is also one of the last radio stations in Canada to still play classic country on a regular basis (CFCW in Camrose, Alberta is another).
In 1958, the station was granted permission to increase to 1,000 watts of power (in the daytime only), using one 165-foot (50 m) tower. John B. Lamers would become the sole owner of CKOT when he bought out his partners four years later.
CKOT gained a sister station in 1965, when CKOT-FM signed on. The FM station originally served as a simulcast/rebroadcast transmitter of CKOT. CKOT-FM would eventually become so successful, it would be spun off into its own radio station in 1970. CKOT-FM would adopt the Sound of Music format of music, while CKOT would remain as "Active, Lively, Community Information Radio."
In 1973, the station requested a change of frequency from 1510 to 1600 kHz, which had been vacated by CJRN in Niagara Falls. The request was denied, and the frequency ultimately went to CFRS (Now CHCD-FM) in nearby Simcoe, Ontario.
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