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AM Frequency of the Week: 590

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gr8oldies said:
I don't remember what the rule was in the 70s, but the ruling was actual airplay....they didn't have to be all currents. CKLW got creative with some of the oldies that had Canadian artists, producers and writers. Some artists recorded in Canada for CKLW CanCon points. They didn't include all the non-hit CanCon on the printed surveys
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My understanding was an of recorded in Canada, or Canaidan artist (which could be a group or a group with one or more Canadian members, or a song written or co-written by a Canadian. In the earlier days of the Can con rule. some stations tried to bury the Canadian songs in overnight shifts. Not to be confused with Canadian TV stations who thought that they could get away with loading up with Canadian Show during summer rerun season when viewership was at its lowest point of the year.
 
cyberdad said:
My understanding was an of recorded in Canada, or Canaidan artist (which could be a group or a group with one or more Canadian members, or a song written or co-written by a Canadian. In the earlier days of the Can con rule. some stations tried to bury the Canadian songs in overnight shifts. Not to be confused with Canadian TV stations who thought that they could get away with loading up with Canadian Show during summer rerun season when viewership was at its lowest point of the year.
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The CanCon had to air 6am-12 midnight. CKLW dedicated 10am-midnight to back to back Cancon and still got good ratings. This in addition to what had to be aired the rest of the day.
 
gr8oldies said:
The CanCon had to air 6am-12 midnight. CKLW dedicated 10am-midnight to back to back Cancon and still got good ratings. This in addition to what had to be aired the rest of the day.
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I ran into that on CIWW (as "Oldies 1310) in Ottawa a few times. I had always thought that the reason I didn't much Can Con on CKLW was that the CRTC used to give them some sort of waiver so as not to scare off U.S. listeners and advertisers. I stand corrected.
 
Daytime - nothing

Nighttime - KSSK Honolulu

And I would think this could be a good station for those on the west coast somewhere without a strong dominating signal on 590 at night to try to listen for because their adult contemporary music format would really be easy to identify, even if it was mixed with other stations.
 
cyberdad said:
I ran into that on CIWW (as "Oldies 1310) in Ottawa a few times. I had always thought that the reason I didn't much Can Con on CKLW was that the CRTC used to give them some sort of waiver so as not to scare off U.S. listeners and advertisers. I stand corrected.
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Eventually the Windsor and other border market stations got a little bit of a break. The CRTC didn't care if CKLW had a single US listener or advertiser, they wanted to make The Big 8 the Canadian 8. The Cancon issue was that most Windsor radios were tuned to Detroit stations. Windsorites didn't want the CanCon either, though that changed as more Canadian acts (with CKLW's help) broke through to other Midwest US markets. Still, pick any full length CKLW aircheck after 1971 and the Cancon will be clear
 
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Day: nothing
Night: Radio Musical Nacional is usually strongest, followed by La Mejor XEFD Reynosa and KLBJ Austin.
 
gr8oldies said:
Eventually the Windsor and other border market stations got a little bit of a break. The CRTC didn't care if CKLW had a single US listener or advertiser, they wanted to make The Big 8 the Canadian 8. The Cancon issue was that most Windsor radios were tuned to Detroit stations. Windsorites didn't want the CanCon either, though that changed as more Canadian acts (with CKLW's help) broke through to other Midwest US markets. Still, pick any full length CKLW aircheck after 1971 and the Cancon will be clear
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I worked with a guy for a couple of months in 1971 who had taken a gig doing production for CKLW. He had a couple of months before he could make the move, so we hired him to do production work for us while he was waiting to clear all the legal hoops. Between Canadian immigration authorities, it was quite a slog for him. He...and the rest of us....were all pretty astonished at all he had to so, but he successfully completed all of it and went on to Windsor.
 
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