CINW

For the present radio station on the same frequency, see CFNV.
CINW
Defunct
Frequency940 kHz (AM)
BrandingAM 940
Programming
FormatOldies
Ownership
Owner
CFQR-FM, CINF
History
First air date
May 20, 1920
Last air date
January 29, 2010
(89 years, 254 days)
Former call signs
  • XWA (1919–1921)
  • 9AM (1921–1922)
  • CFCF (1922–1991)
  • CIQC (1991–1999)
Former frequencies
  • 440 metres ≈ 682 kHz (1922–1928)
  • 1030 kHz (1928–1933)
  • 600 kHz (1933–2000)
Call sign meaning
"Canada's information and news station" (former all-news format)
Technical information
ClassA
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
45°23′34.08″N 73°41′53.16″W / 45.3928000°N 73.6981000°W / 45.3928000; -73.6981000
Translator(s)CFCX SW 6.005 MHz

CINW was the final call sign used by an English language AM radio station in Montreal, Canada, which, along with French-language sister station CINF, ceased operations at 7:00 p.m. ET on January 29, 2010.[2][3] Owned and operated by Corus Quebec, it broadcast on 940 kHz with a full-time power of 50,000 watts as a clear channel, Class A station, using a slightly directional antenna designed to improve reception in downtown Montreal.

Due to its heritage, the station is generally considered to be Canada's first and oldest broadcasting station, as well as one of the first in the world.[4]

  1. ^ "Corus Corporate Structure" CRTC (crtc.gc.ca)
  2. ^ "AM Info690 Montréal and AM940 Montreal's Greatest Hits to cease operation on January 29, 2010", Corus press release, January 29, 2010 (Newswire.ca)
  3. ^ "Two stations in Montreal going off the air Friday", CTV Montreal (montreal.ctvnews.ca)(Retrieved February 11, 2018)
  4. ^ "La Radio, Une Histoire D’Innovation Canadianne - Early Radio Innovation in Canada", Denis Couillard, Ultra Electronics TCS & Musée des Ondes Emile Berliner Ed., 2020