Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DX ALERT - Upcoming Radio Event

[saulamdx <saulamdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, CKDO 1580 is //107.7, and the format is oldies.

- Saul

--- Jeff Kenyon <at649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, is this the station that simulcasts 107.7 FM
> with oldies?  I just
> noticed them the other day, and will keep note of
> this test!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, saulamdx wrote:
> 
> > DX ALERT - UPCOMING RADIO EVENT
> >
> > There will be a special five-hour "DX Program"
> from
> > CKDO Oshawa Ontario on its new frequency of 1580,
> from
> > 2100 EDT Thursday 5 October to 2 AM EDT Friday 6
> > October. This program is timed to coincide with
> the
> > 60th anniversary of the station, to the exact
> date.
> >
> > CKDO first signed on October 5, 1946 with 100
> watts on
> > 1240. (CKDO = Durham and Ontario counties). The
> calls
> > became CKLB on Dec. 19, 1949, when ownership
> changed
> > to Lakeland Broadcasting (ckLB). Calls later
> became
> > CKAR, and a few years ago reverted to the original
> > CKDO. The station moved to 1350 on Dec. 31, 1955.
> Thus
> > with its recent official move on Aug. 14 to 1580,
> the
> > station concluded more than 50 years service on
> 1350.
> > For those who do not realize, 1580 was one of the
> > clear channels allocated to Canada in the North
> > American Regional Broadcasting Agreement of 1941,
> and
> > CBJ Chicoutimi QC operated on that frequency from
> > March 22, 1942 until it moved to 93.7 in 1999.
> >
> > There will be a special toll-free number given out
> > over the air, and phone calls from distant
> listeners
> > will be encouraged. It is anticipated that some
> former
> > DJs from over the years will be participating. The
> > 1580 frequency uses the same directional pattern
> day
> > and night favouring east and west, at 10,000
> watts.
> >
> > The programming has been organized by Wayne
> Plunkett
> > (long-time DXer) and Douglas Kirk (owner of Durham
> > Radio Inc.).
> >
> > All written reception reports will be answered.
> Send
> > reports to Attn: Special DX Program, CKDO, 1200
> > Airport Blvd., Ste 207, Oshawa Ontario L1J 8P5.
> >
> > Let's hope for good conditions so this program can
> be
> > heard coast-to-coast in North America, and maybe
> > beyond!
> >
> > Saul Chernos
> > (who won't have trouble hearing it at either
> Toronto
> > or Burnt River ON)
> >
> >
> >
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