Media in Waterloo Region

This is a list of media in Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, including Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and the surrounding area.

Radio

Frequency	Call sign	Location	Name / Format	Owner	Notes
570 AM	CKGL	Kitchener	570 News - news/talk	Rogers Communications
88.3 FM	CJIQ-FM	Kitchener	CJIQ - campus radio	Conestoga College
91.5 FM	CKBT-FM	Kitchener	91.5 The Beat - CHR/top 40	Corus Entertainment
94.3 FM	CJTW-FM	Kitchener	Faith FM 94.3 - christian radio	Sound of Faith Broadcasting Inc
96.7 FM	CHYM-FM	Kitchener	CHYM FM - light rock/adult contemporary	Rogers Communications Rogers Radio
98.5 FM	CKWR-FM	Waterloo	FM 98.5 CKWR - community radio	Wired World Inc
99.5 FM	CKKW-FM	Waterloo	KFUN 99.5 - oldies	Bell Media Radio
100.3 FM	CKMS-FM	Waterloo	100.3 Sound FM - campus radio and community radio	Radio Waterloo Inc.	CKMS-FM
102.5 FM	CKAV-FM-8	Kitchener	Aboriginal Voices Radio - First Nations	Aboriginal Voices
105.3 FM	CFCA-FM	Waterloo	105.3 Kool FM - hot adult contemporary	Bell Media Radio
106.7 FM	CIKZ-FM	Waterloo	KIX 106 - country music	Rogers Communications Rogers Radio
107.5 FM	CJDV-FM	Kitchener	107.5 Dave FM - rock	Corus Entertainment

Stations from neighbouring regions such as Toronto, Hamilton, Guelph and London are also available, and there are retransmission towers in nearby Paris, Ontario for Toronto-based broadcasts of CBC Radio One, CBC Radio 2, and Espace musique.

Television

The only broadcast TV station based in Waterloo Region is CKCO-TV, which has called itself CTV Southwestern Ontario since 2005. It is located in Kitchener and is owned by CTVglobemedia. The region is also served by Rogers TV, a community channel based in Kitchener available only to Rogers Cable subscribers. It provides local talk shows and coverage of special events and local hockey games.

Rebroadcasters located in the immediate vicinity of Waterloo Region include:

• CIII-TV (Global) Channel 6
• CICO-TV-28 (TVOntario) Digital Channel 28.1
• CBLN-TV-1 (CBC) Channel 112
• CBLFT-8 (Radio-Canada) Channel 117
• CKCO-TV (CTV) Channel 13

Although other networks / systems such as Citytv and CTV Two are not readily available over the air, stations from adjacent markets for most such services are available on the basic service of Rogers Cable.

Print

Newspapers

The daily newspaper serving Waterloo Region is Metroland Media Group's Waterloo Region Record. In addition to the regional newspaper, Metroland also publishes local newspapers for the individual communities in the region. In Kitchener, it has published Kitchener Post since June 2011. Equivalent local newspapers exist for Waterloo and Cambridge in the form of Waterloo Chronicle and Cambridge Times, respectively. Prior to 2004, a separate local newspaper, Cambridge Reporter, was published, but has since been merged with the Cambridge Times.

The regional townships are also served by their own local newspapers. Elmira Independent and The Observer are aimed towards readers in Elmira and Woolwich, and New Hamburg Independent for New Hamburg and Wilmot.

Magazines

Visitor Guide, circulation 100,000 is a 3 time a year tourist magazine that has been published in Waterloo Region since 1978, and Exchange Magazine for Business, circulation 20,000 is 8 time a year business magazine and Monday to Friday online business daily that has been publishing in the Waterloo Region area since 1983.

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