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| Broadcast area | Greater Toronto Area |
| Frequency | 960kHz |
| Branding | Sauga 960 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | Mississauga Steelheads,Raptors 905,York United FC |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | 8159203 Canada Limited (Elliott Kerr) |
| History | |
First air date | September 4, 2018 (2018-09-04) |
Call sign meaning | Elliott Kerr, News/Talk |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 43°38′54″N79°40′56″W / 43.648333°N 79.682222°W /43.648333; -79.682222 (CKNT - 1.25 kW daytime, 0.175 kW nighttime) |
| Links | |
| Website | sauga960am.ca |
CKNT (960AM), branded asSauga 960 AM, is acommercialradio stationlicensed toMississauga, Ontario, Canada and servingGreater Toronto. It is owned by 8159203 Canada Ltd., headed by Elliott Kerr, and broadcasts anews/talkradio format. Theradio studios and offices are on Westmore Drive inEtobicoke.
By day, CKNT is powered at 1,250watts. But to avoid interference to other stations on960 AM, it reduces power to 175 watts at night. It uses anon-directional antenna. Thetransmitter is on Courtneypark Drive East, near Kennedy Road South in Mississauga.[1]
Elliot Kerr, owner of theMississauga Steelheads, anOntario Hockey League team, received approval by theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on November 22, 2011, to operate a new English-language news/talk AM radio station in Mississauga.[2] In his application, Kerr stated that the station would air 101 hours of local news and talk content per week.[2] The station was assigned a frequency of 960 kHz which was previously used by a radio station inCambridge, Ontario, which migrated to the FM band asCIZN-FM (now CJDV-FM).
CKNT planned to begin broadcasting in 2012, but Kerr had difficulty in finding a site for the station's transmitter tower.[3] 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 nighttime transmitter power from 180 to 104 watts, and relocate the transmitter in 2014.[4] A renewal was granted on the license for the yet to be launched station in 2018.[5]
Kerr announced on August 31, 2018, that the station wouldsoft launch on September 4.[6][7] The station had beenstunting for several months prior with filler music.[6] The station officiallysigned on with its full programming schedule on October 29, 2018.[7]
The station's schedule includesMike Richards, who became the station'smorning drive host along with David Bastl on January 7, 2019;The Marc Patrone Show, a politics and business program hosted by formerCRTC commissioner and formerSun News Network andRebel News contributor Marc Patrone;[7] David Wojcik hosting a business show;Media Nation with formerCTV News reporter Karlene Nation;The Norm with Norm Murray, among other programs.
Among the original line-up wereMike Bullard with comedian Lawrence Morganstern in morningdrive time. Comedians Glen Foster and Jodie Decker hostedFoster & Decker on weekday afternoons.[7]
(formerly Mississauga Steelheads); featuring Matt Cullen as play-by-play voice; the team is also owned by Sauga 960 owner Elliot Kerr and "Sauga" was the name of the team'smascot
News Talk Sauga 960 AM (CKNT-AM) Mississauga officially launched daily programming Monday morning... The station soft-launched Sept. 4
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