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CFPL-AM
CFPL is a radio station owned by Corus Entertainment and based in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. Transmitter power is 10,000 watts daytime, 5,000 watts nighttime. Broadcast frequency is 980 AM broadcasting, AM. CFPL uses a four-tower directional antenna with differing patterns during the day and night. The station primarily airs all-news radio, news, and talk radio, talk programming, as well as London Knights hockey and Toronto Blue Jays games. The studios are located in downtown London, while its transmitter is located south of London at Wellington Road and Scotland Drive. After the closure of rival station CJBK, Newstalk 1290 CJBK, which also once served London, CFPL is the only all-news radio station left in the city. History Originally CJGC, the station first went on the air on approximately 698 Hertz, kHz, at a time when wavelength was usually used rather than Frequency modulation, frequency. It later changed to 910 kHz, then, to avoid interference from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 In Radio
1922 in radio details the internationally significant events in radio broadcasting for the year 1922. __TOC__ Events *6 February – Official inauguration of ''Radio Tour Eiffel'' from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, transmitting meteorological bulletins. *8 February – President of the United States, Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. *19 February – Ed Wynn becomes the first big vaudeville star to join radio. The first broadcast is Wynn's ''The Perfect Fool'' and the station is WJZ, New York. This is also the first time in the world that a radio show is broadcast before a studio audience.''The Shell Book of Firsts'' 1983. p. 240. *27 February – The first National Radio Conference, led by Herbert Hoover, is held in Washington, D.C. *10 March – In the United States, ''Variety'' magazine prints as its front-page headline "Radio Sweeping Country - 1,000,000 Sets in Use". *19 March – Broadcasting from the Shukhov Tower in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |