CKNT

CKNT
City	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
Call sign meaning	Elliott Kerr, News Talk
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