CKWW
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| City | Windsor, Ontario |
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| Broadcast area | Southwestern Ontario, Southeast Michigan, Northwest Ohio |
| Branding | AM 580, Motor City Favorites |
| Slogan | "The Greatest Hits of All-Time!" |
| Frequency | 580 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | March 29, 1964 |
| Format | Oldies |
| Power | 500 watts |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | CKWW Wonderful Windsor |
| Former callsigns | None |
| Affiliations | Independent |
| Owner |
Bell Media (Bell Media Windsor Radio Partnership) |
| Sister stations | CKLW, CIDR-FM, CIMX-FM, CHWI-DT |
| Webcast | Listen here |
| Website | www.am580radio.com |
CKWW is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 580 AM in Windsor, Ontario. The station plays an oldies format targeted to the Windsor/Detroit market. The station broadcasts on a directional antenna to the northeast, to protect other nearby stations broadcasting on 580 AM: WTCM Traverse City, Michigan; CFRA Ottawa; WHP Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and WILL Urbana, Illinois.
The original applicant for the CKWW licence was Royce Frith (later to be a Canadian Senator), but he sold the station to Geoff Stirling before it went to air. The station was launched by Stirling on March 29, 1964, with the official first day of broadcasting on March 30, 1964 [1]. Initially CKWW featured a strictly MOR or "good" music format with a heavy news and information commitment, making it the Windsor equivalent of Detroit's WJR. In 1967, sister station CKWW-FM was launched (later CJOM and now CIMX).
Stirling sold the stations in 1984, and the station dropped its MOR/adult contemporary music programming to adopt a news-talk format in 1989.
In 1993, CHUM acquired CKLW and CKLW-FM as well. CKLW (by then a Music of Your Life station) and CKWW swapped formats, with CKLW becoming the news-talk station and CKWW adopting the adult standards format.
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