CKCU-FM is a Canadian campus-based community radio station, broadcasting at 93.1 FM in Ottawa and www.ckcufm.com, and offering live and archived on-demand audio streams from its website. The station broadcasts 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
The station's studios are located on the campus of Carleton University, on the fifth floor of the Nideyinàn building (formerly University Centre). The station's signal is radiated from the Ryan Tower in the Gatineau Hills, along with most of Ottawa's other private and public radio stations, meaning that it enjoys full broadcast power and a listening area with a radius of 100 km.
History
On May 22, 1973, Carleton University Association Inc. was granted a licence from the CRTC to operate a carrier current AM station, operating on 670 kHz with power of only 16 watts. Its first broadcast on 93.1 FM was on November 14, 1975, when it played Joni Mitchell's You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio. CKCU broadcasts live 24 hours a day to a 100 km radius on FM 93.1.
The listener-supported station has an annual funding drive in late October and early November, to raise money for its annual operating budget.
CKCU-FM was included amongst other architecturally interesting and historically significant buildings in Doors Open Ottawa.
On July 3, 2020, a construction mishap knocked down the tower at CKCU-FM's building. The mishap severed the link between the studio and the transmitter site rendering the station silent. The station was back on the air a month later. In the interim CKCU-FM audio was available to listen online over the internet.
Famous alums
- Ian Mendes
- James Duthie
- Jeremy Gara
- Ken Rockburn
- David Mowbray
- Jeff Green
- Jason Moscovitz
- Rob Braide
- Geoff Pevere
- Chuck Rubin
- Neil Bregman
- Max Wallace
- Adrian Harewood
- Mike Ross
- John Marshall
- Michael Giunta
- Nadine Gelineau
- Casey Kenny
- Derek Diorio
- Jim Wright
References
External links
- CKCU-FM
- CKCU-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation