CKMO
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| City of license | Victoria, British Columbia |
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| Branding | Village 900 |
| Slogan | Global Roots Radio |
| Frequency | 900 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | 1993 (FM) 2000 (AM) (AM broadcasting ceased March 4, 2012) |
| Format | campus radio |
| ERP | 10 kW |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | closest available call sign to CAMOsun |
| Owner | Camosun College (CKMO Radio Society) |
| Website | VillageNow.net |
CKMO was a Canadian radio station, broadcasting on AM 900 in Victoria, British Columbia. Branded as Village 900, it is the campus radio station of the city's Camosun College.
[edit] History
The station was originally launched in 1973 as CAMO, a closed circuit station on the Camosun College campus. In 1991, CAMO incorporated as a non-profit organization and began to prepare an application for a low-power FM license. That license was granted by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 1993.[1] The station began broadcasting that year on FM 103.1 as CKMO-FM, adopting the CKMO call sign as CA is not among the ITU prefixes assigned to Canada.
In 1995, the station began its "Education on the Air" program, broadcasting college courses. In 1996, Education on the Air won an award for excellence in community radio broadcasting from the National Campus and Community Radio Association.
In 2000, CKMO and Rogers Media' CJVI applied to the CRTC to swap frequencies. The application was approved, and on September 4, CKMO began broadcasting on its current frequency with an ERP of 10,000 watts, while CJVI took over the 103.1 FM frequency.[2] Also that year, CKMO moved to a full-time roots music format.
In 2010, the station won a second National Campus and Community Radio Association outstanding achievement award in the Aboriginal Affairs and Cultural Programming category for the program Healing Hands.[3]
The station announced in February 2011 that it would cease broadcasting on 900 AM and will be available only through internet streaming.[4] CKMO's transmitter is expected to shut down on March 4, 2012 at 12 Midnight when agreements with Rogers Media ends.[5] After that point, CKMO will continue as an internet-only station.
CKMO is a member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- VillageNow.net
- CKMO history at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKMO
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