CJLO
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| City of license | Montreal, Quebec |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Montreal |
| Slogan | Concordia's Underground Radio |
| Frequency | 1690 KHz |
| Format | campus-community |
| ERP | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°26′52.08″N 73°39′28.08″W / 45.4478°N 73.6578°W |
| Owner | Concordia Student Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | http://www.cjlo.com |
CJLO is an English-language radio station based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the campus radio station of Concordia University, and broadcasts from the Loyola campus. It is a volunteer-run non-profit radio station, with programming reflecting a variety of musical styles as well as talk radio. It also hosts events throughout Montreal to help promote local musicians and support the community.
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[edit] History
The station was originally formed in 1998 from the merger of CRSG, a closed circuit station at Concordia's Sir George Williams Campus, and CFLI, a carrier current station at the Loyola Campus.[1] It continued to broadcast by closed circuit until 2003, when it launched an Internet radio stream.
The station was granted a license by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 2006 to broadcast on the AM band at 1690 AM,[2] and began airing a testing signal in September 2008.[3]
The station officially relaunched on October 15, 2008, launching its programming with The Replacements' "Left of the Dial".[4]
[edit] About CJLO
Formed in 1998 as a merger between CRSG and CFLI, two former stations, CJLO is Concordia University's one and only radio station. 100% non-profit, and run almost entirely by volunteers, the station is located in the heart of the Loyola campus in the NDG borough of Montreal. CJLO's on-air personalities are the backbone of the station and there are over eighty DJ's spinning for your listening pleasure.
From early 2003, CJLO has been streaming 7 days a week and in 2008 the station began broadcasting on 1690 AM throughout the Montreal area with 1000 watts of power. The tower and transmitter are located in Lachine and CJLO can be heard as far as Ottawa and Burlington, Vermont.
CJLO offers a wide variety of programming that truly encompasses the styles appreciated by all of Concordia's 40,000 students and by a wide range of other communities around Montreal. CJLO also hosts events throughout the city to help promote and support the community and musicians.
Notable achievements include winning "Station of the Year" at the 2010 CMJ College Day Awards along with awards for "Best Use of Limited Resources", and "Best Team Effort". CJLO was also voted the 6th best radio station by Montreal Mirror readers in the 2011 and 2010 Best of Montreal (BOM) Poll and 8th in 2009; and at previous CMJ College Day Awards, CJLO was the winner of “Best Student Run, Non-FM Radio Station” in 2008 and the winner of “Best Team Effort” in both 2008 and 2009. Some other Music Directors are also well decorated, with Brian Joseph winning the award for “Best Specialty Music Director” at the 2009 CMJ College Day Awards and Omar Husain winning “Music Director of the Year” in 2006 and 2008. Also exciting is the recent ranking of CJLO by the Huffington Post as one of the best college radio stations in 2010.
[edit] To Listen
CJLO streams on their website www.cjlo.com and broadcasts on the AM dial at 1690. You can also stream CJLO from your phone with the CJLO app.
[edit] References
- ^ CRTC Decision 95-539
- ^ CRTC Decision 2006-58
- ^ NorthEast Radio Watch, September 8, 2008.
- ^ NorthEast Radio Watch, October 20, 2008.
[edit] External links
- CJLO
- CJLO history at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CJLO
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