{{short description|Former radio station in Sudbury, Ontario}} {{about|the most recent station to broadcast under CKSO-FM|a station formerly known as CKSO-FM|CIGM-FM}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox radio station | name = CKSO-FM | logo = | above = | city = Sudbury, Ontario | country = CA | branding = | airdate = {{Start date|2002}} | last_airdate = {{End date|2006}} | frequency = {{frequency|101.1|MHz}} | format = Christian music | erp = 50,000 watts | class = LP | owner = David Jackson | sister_stations = | website = | callsign_meaning = }}
'''CKSO-FM''' was a Christian music station, which broadcast at 101.1 FM in Sudbury, Ontario in the mid-2000s.
On January 26, 2001, David Jackson (OBCI) applied to operate a new English language Christian music FM radio station in Sudbury. The new station would operate at 94.3 MHz (channel 232LP) with an effective radiated power of 50 watts. <ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/N2001-2.htm Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2001-2], Application for a new Christian radio station in Sudbury, ''CRTC'', January 26, 2001 (See #16)</ref> The frequency was later changed to 101.1 MHz (channel 266LP)<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/N2001-2-1.htm Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2001-2-1], ''CRTC'', February 1, 2001</ref>
On September 5, 2001, a group led by David Jackson was given approval to operate a new Christian music FM radio station at 101.1 FM.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/DB2001-569.htm CRTC Decision 2001-569], New Christian music FM radio station, ''CRTC'', September 5, 2001</ref> According to an interview with the community newspaper ''Northern Life'', Jackson chose the '''CKSO''' call letters because of their historical significance in the Sudbury area; in addition to '''CIGM-FM''', which was known as '''CKSO-FM''' from 1965 to 1977, the call letters were also once used by an AM radio station (now CJRQ) and a television station (now CICI) in the city.<ref>[https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/ckso-lives-at-1011-fm-206213 CKSO lives at 101.1], ''sudbury.com'', circa. 2002</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117185653/http://www.cksofm.netfirms.com/aboutus.htm CKSO-FM about us] ''(archive.org)''</ref>
On October 8, 2002, the group asked for and was granted an extension to the deadline to commence operations.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2002/db2002-297.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-297], Deadline to commence operations, ''CRTC'', October 8, 2002</ref> The station began airing test transmissions on December 2, 2002.
Undated, CKSO-FM was branded as ''101.1 The Rock''.
Although the station's website remained operational until early 2009, the Canadian Communications Foundation website reports that the station left the air in 2006.<ref>[https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-northern/ckso-fm/ CKSO-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation</ref> The licence, when issued, was to expire on August 31, 2008 — as of that date, however, no renewal application had been filed with the CRTC, and Jackson has not filed an application for a new license as of 2015. The radio station never relaunched.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090116015040/http://cksofm.netfirms.com/ CKSO-FM 101.1 Official Site] at archive.org ''(January 2009)''. *[https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-northern/ckso-fm/ CKSO-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation *{{RecnetCanada|CKSO-FM}}
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