CKLW

CKLW
Broadcast area
Frequency800 kHz (AM)
BrandingAM 800 CKLW
Programming
FormatNews/talk
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
CHWI-DT, CIDR-FM, CIMX-FM
History
First air date
June 2, 1932; 92 years ago (1932-06-02)
Former call signs
CKOK (1932–1933)
Former frequencies
  • 540 kHz (1932–1933)
  • 840 kHz (1933–1934)
  • 1030 kHz (1934–1941)
Call sign meaning
London-Windsor (broadcast area)
Technical information
ClassB
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
42°03′25″N 83°00′10″W / 42.0569°N 83.0028°W / 42.0569; -83.0028
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websiteiheartradio.ca/am800

CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit.[1] CKLW is owned by Bell Media and has a news/talk radio format. It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings, plus Coast to Coast AM with George Noory overnight. Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor.

CKLW is a 50,000-watt Class B station, using a five-tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. Despite its high power, it must protect Class A clear-channel station XEROK in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and other Canadian and U.S. stations on 800 AM. The transmitter is off County Road 20 West in southern Essex County, between Amherstburg and Harrow, only a few kilometres from the Lake Erie shoreline.[2]

  1. ^ "AM Station Classes, and Clear, Regional, and Local Channels". December 11, 2015.
  2. ^ FCCdata.org/CKLW