Radio Guide

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.)

88.5 fm: Live 88.5
88.7 fm: Vankleek FM
88.9 fm: Rock-Detente (CIMF Hawkesbury)
89.1 fm: CHUO (University of Ottawa)
89.5 fm: North Country Public Radio (NPR - Canton, New York)
89.9 fm: Hot (CIHT) (Newcap Broadcasting Ltd.)
90.7 fm: Radio-Canada (CBOF)
91.5 fm: CBC Radio 1
92.3 fm JACK FM (Rogers)
93.1 fm: CKCU (Carleton University)
93.9 fm: BOB FM (CHUM)
94.9 fm: Rock-Detente (CIMF) (Astral Media Inc.)
95.7 fm: Aboriginal Radio
96.1 fm: myFM (CHMY Renfrew)
96.5 fm: Tag Radio (CFTX) (also 107.5 in Buckingham)
97.1 fm: Couleur fm (Radio Nord)
97.9 fm: CHIN Ottawa (CJJL)
98.5 fm: The Jewel
99.1 fm: CHRI (Christian Hit Radio)
99.7 fm: Ottawa InfoRadio
99.7 fm: EVE FM (coming soon - soft AC station owned by Astral)
100.3 fm: Majic 100 (CJMJ - CHUM)
101.1 fm: Y101 (Rogers)
101.5 fm: The Fox FM (WRCD Canton, New York)
101.7 fm: CHIP-FM (Fort-Coulonge QC)
101.9 fm: Dawg FM (new radio station coming soon - details here)
102.5 fm: Espace Musique (CBOX - Radio-Canada)
103.3 fm: CBC Radio 2 (CBOQ)
104.1 fm: Radio-énergie CKTF (Astral Media Inc.)
104.7 fm: FM Parlé
105.3 fm: KISS FM (Rogers)
106.1 fm: CHEZ 106 (Rogers)
106.9 fm: Virgin Radio 1069 (formerly The Bear) (Astral Media)
107.9 fm: CKDJ (Algonquin College)
580 am: CFRA (CHUM)
1150 am: CJRC 1150
1200 am: The TEAM Sports Radio (CHUMJ)
1310 am: Oldies 1310 (CIWW - Rogers)
1630 am: Ottawa Airport Authority
Live Radio on the Web (from Mike's Radio World)
Call letters & stations (from TVRadioWorld)

Industry news, history, linksetc.

Milkman Unlimited (Canadian insider radio news)
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. (Currently offline.)
CDOX Radio
CHEZ 106 Blog (a fan blog - not an official web site)
Life as an intern (blog)
Ottawa Area Radio Station Chronology
This page tracks when local stations first went on the air, and various format changes over the year.
Ottawa Vintage Radio Club
Aboriginal CKCU
RadioWall.com Bonus code listings for local radio stations

Radio Ratings

Amateur Radio

New radio stations for Ottawa

August 2009: CRTC issues licence to Radio de la communauté francophone d’Ottawa
August 2007: 11 companies have submitted proposals to the CRTC for new radio stations in Ottawa.

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