Ottawa's radio dial is saturated with over 20 stations, ranging from
popular music to sports to talk radio. We have three eclectic university/college
stations, a Christian station, a few french stations, with jazz and
ethnic stations still to come in the near future.
Ottawa Radio Stations
(Stations available in the Ottawa area. Mostly based in Ottawa/Gatineau,
but a few based in northern New York state.)
Bill Dulmage Radio and Television
Archive
This site chronicles history of Ontario radio and tv stations, including
schedules, promotions, profiles, technical notes, ratings, airchecks,
and more.
Aboriginal radio station: Aboriginal Voices Radio (AVR),
a not-for-profit radio station, will provide listeners native musical
and spoken word programming oriented to people’s interests in
aboriginal issues and music. It will operate on 95.7 FM. Details/source:www.crtc.gc.ca
Central (Ctrl) Reach - The estimated number of different
people, within the central market area, who tuned to that station for
at least one quarter hour during the week.
Share - Within the central market area, the estimated
total hours tuned to that station expressed as a percentage of total
hours tuned to all radio.
Natalie writes: "Not to take anything from
the JEWEL, adult listeners in the Ottawa area may be interested to
know that Global and Kingston's KROC also have applications before
the CRTC to operate FM radio stations with Jazz, Standards and Smooth
formats. So hopefully our thirsty ears will be quenched soon! "
Jan. 22, 2004: Yet another station
for Ottawa? The CRTC announced today that "it has received applications
for a broadcasting licence to provide commercial radio services to
serve Ottawa/ Gatineau." Read
more...
JAN. 9, 2004: First it was a country
station, then a Christmas station, and now it's a "Today's Best Music"
station, at 105.3fm. Kiss FM launched
at noon today. "Ottawa advertisers will come to know the station as
a younger, more affordable Majic 100," says a company information
release. Also: Y105 moves down the dial to become
Y101, and it's still a country station. 92.3fm changes from a country
format to JACK FM, with the slogan "Playing what we want". The station
formerly served the communities of Smiths Falls, Perth, and Carleton
Place, but is hoping to reach Ottawa's growing suburbs in the east
and west.
"Thank you so much for getting rid of the only station
in Ottawa worth listening to. Now that leaves us with Chez, Bob, the
Bear, and Y101. This music is targeted for ages 30 to 90 years old."Read more on our Letters page...
(Canadian insider radio news) 
