CKNT

CKNT
Mississauga, Ontario;
Broadcast area	Greater Toronto Area
Frequency	960 kHz (AM)
Branding	Sauga 960 AM
Programming
Format	news/talk
Ownership
Owner	8159203 Canada Limited (Elliott Kerr)
History
First air date	September 4, 2018
Technical information
Power	700 watts (daytime)
Links
Website	sauga960am.ca

CKNT (branded on-air as Sauga 960 AM) is an AM radio station that broadcasts a news/talk format on the frequency of 960 kHz (AM) in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

History

Elliot Kerr, owner of the Mississauga Steelheads hockey team, received an approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on November 22, 2011 to operate a new English-language news/talk AM radio station at Mississauga on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated.^[1] In his application, Kerr stated that the station would air 101 hours of local news and talk content per week.^[1] The station was assigned a frequency of 960 kHz which was previously used by a radio station out of Cambridge, Ontario, known today as CJDV-FM.

The station was intended to begin broadcasting in 2012, but Kerr had difficulty in finding an appropriate site for the station's transmitter tower.^[2] This delayed the launch of the station. The CRTC approved applications to decrease the daytime transmitter power from 2,000 to 700 watts, decrease the night-time transmitter power from 180 to 104 watts, and relocate the transmitter in 2014;^[3] and a renewal on the license for the yet to be launched station in 2018.^[4]

Kerr announced on August 31, 2018 that the station would soft launch on September 4.^[5]^[6] The station had been stunting for several months prior with filler music.^[5] The station officially launched its full programming schedule on October 29, 2018.^[6]

Programming

Among its original line-up were Mike Bullard hosting The Getaway from 4 to 7 pm with comedian Lawrence Morganstern as co-host and Comedian Glen Foster and Jodie Decker who hosted Foster & Decker from 2 – 4 pm.^[6]

The station's current schedule includes Mike Richards, who became the station's morning drive host along with David Bastl on January 7, 2019; The Marc Patrone Show, a politics and business program hosted by former CRTC commissioner and former Sun News Network and Rebel News contributor Marc Patrone;^[6] David Wojcik hosting a business show; Media Nation with former CTV News reporter Karlene Nation; The Norm with Norm Murray, among other programs. The station airs live Mississauga Steelheads hockey games; the team is also owned by Kerr.

References

^ ^a ^b "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-722". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. November 22, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
^ Chin, Joseph (January 10, 2014). "Local radio station set to hit airwaves". The Mississauga News. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
^ "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-469". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. September 11, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
^ "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-294". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. August 21, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Colpitts, Iain (August 31, 2018). "Sauga 960 radio station aims to 'build the Mississauga brand'". The Mississauga News. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Thiessen, Connie (October 29, 2018). "Mike Bullard among talk hosts joining Sauga 960 AM". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved November 15, 2018. News Talk Sauga 960 AM (CKNT-AM) Mississauga officially launched daily programming Monday morning... The station soft-launched Sept. 4