CIXX-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 106.9
FM in
London
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,
Ontario
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. It is licensed as a community-based campus radio station by the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), and airs a Rhythmic
Top 40
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format featuring
hip-hop,
R&B and
dance hits.
CIXX broadcasts at an
effective radiated power
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of 3
kW from
Fanshawe College
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, commonly shortened to Fanshawe College, is a public college in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. One of the largest colleges in Canada, it has campuses in London, Simcoe, St. Thomas and Woodstock ...
's "M" building, which effectively covers the City of
London
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and some areas outside the city.
The station is operated and programmed by students in
Fanshawe College
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, commonly shortened to Fanshawe College, is a public college in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. One of the largest colleges in Canada, it has campuses in London, Simcoe, St. Thomas and Woodstock ...
's School of Contemporary Media.
Radio Broadcasting
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students work in on-air announcing,
talk programming,
writing
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Writing systems do not themselves constitute h ...
,
production
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Economics and business
* Production (economics)
* Production, the act of manufacturing goods
* Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services)
* Production as a stati ...
,
music programming
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,
sales
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The seller, or the provider of the goods or services, completes a sale in ...
, and
promotions. News stories, full interviews,
images, events and contests are all placed on the station's website.
Journalism-Broadcast students operate under the title "XFM News" and provide newscasts for the station. These students work through three different 5-week rotations each semester. They are required to either be a
Reporter,
Newscaster
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, or Documentary Producer. On the reporting rotation students are required to attend events and conduct one-on-one interviews to help produce two local stories each day. As a Newscaster each student takes turns
broadcasting
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at the top of the hour mixing local, national, and international stories using Newsroom
software
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...
. As a Documentary Producer most students produce three 4-minute radio features each week.
When the station was branded as ''6XFM'' during the late 1990s and early 2000s, students of the Radio Broadcasting program from
Fanshawe College
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, commonly shortened to Fanshawe College, is a public college in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. One of the largest colleges in Canada, it has campuses in London, Simcoe, St. Thomas and Woodstock ...
would rotate as hosts of weekly live-to-air broadcasts from various bars and nightclubs throughout the City of
London
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.
Notes
Fanshawe College also operates three other radio stations:
*CFRL Radio
*The Falcon
www.thefalcon.ca
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References
External links
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Fanshawe College
Radio stations established in 1978
1978 establishments in Ontario
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