CKVO
City | Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Broadcast area | Clarenville area |
Frequency | 710 kHz (AM) |
Branding | 590 VOCM |
Programming | |
Format | News/Talk/Classic hits |
Ownership | |
Owner | Stingray Group |
History | |
First air date | 1974 |
Call sign meaning | CK VOCM (Voice Of the Common Man) (branding) |
Technical information | |
Class | B |
Power | 10,000 watts |
Links | |
Website | vocm.com |
CKVO is an AM radio station in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, broadcasting at 710 kHz. Owned by Stingray Group, CKVO first went on the air in 1974. It is an affiliate of VOCM.
History[]
Colonial Broadcasting System Ltd. was awarded a license in 1974 for a new AM station at Clarenville operating at 710 kHz with 10,000 watts day and night. In 1975, CKVO opened as a semi-satellite of VOCM in St. John's. Colonial filed an application for the establishment of studios at Clarenville, By 1995, CKVO was broadcasting 40 hours of local programming per week with the remainder of its schedule originating with VOCM. In 2000 Newcap Broadcasting Ltd. purchased CKVO and the other VOCM stations. On May 28, the CRTC renewed the licence of CKVO until August 31, 2016.
In September 2016, CKVO and CHCM in Marystown cancelled their remaining local programming and now simulcast VOCM in St. John's full-time.
External links[]
- VOCM
- CKVO AM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
- CKVO in the REC Canadian station database
Coordinates: 48°08′36″N 53°57′40″W / 48.14333°N 53.96111°W
- Radio stations in Newfoundland and Labrador
- News and talk radio stations in Canada
- Stingray Group radio stations
- Atlantic Canada radio station stubs
- Newfoundland and Labrador stubs