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Buffalo Hamilton's CHML turns off the lights

CTListener said:
Always a big signal in New England. Who gets the junior hockey games?
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The Hamilton Bulldogs of the OHL moved down to Brantford a few years ago while the FirstOntario Centre is being renovated.

I'm not sure they even HAVE a station carrying their games.
 
ckg279 said:
The Hamilton Bulldogs of the OHL moved down to Brantford a few years ago while the FirstOntario Centre is being renovated.

I'm not sure they even HAVE a station carrying their games.
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The move took place just last year, so 2023-24 was the first season for the Brantford Bulldogs.
 
WOW this is so crazy the way they did it. Just kill the transmitter and then tell everyone.

Would have thought CHML could keep going since they focused on Hamilton.
 
Canada has been killing AMs off for years. I wonder how it will affect AMs in the US? Most of their signal was directed toward the SE.
 
jlehmann said:
Unfortunately every AM that has signed off in Canada still has to be protected in the US.
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Because, I suppose, Canada retains the right to repopulate the medium wave broadcast band in perpetuity. Hard to imagine why it would do so, though. U.S. AM stations are still hemmed in geographically because they have to protect the coverage areas of defunct U.S. stations, but clearing out the band isn't FCC's objective, though it should be.
 
CHML would broadcast old radio shows most every night. I enjoyed listening to them as I would go to sleep. But, I suppose if your listening audience is of an age that appreciates old time radio, it's only a matter of time before your business model becomes unsustainable.
 
schetm said:
CHML would broadcast old radio shows most every night. I enjoyed listening to them as I would go to sleep. But, I suppose if your listening audience is of an age that appreciates old time radio, it's only a matter of time before your business model becomes unsustainable.
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AM 740 in Toronto still does Theater of the Mind weeknights at 10pm. And they have a WIDE broadcast area.
 
CHML was a class operation all around, programming, news, technically, content, community serving. Its sudden shutdown by Corus Entertainment (quite the name, eh) is unsettling, as if to say, "We're done here. Bye! Click. Plate volts off." No long goodbyes, no tributes, no fade outs, no wake ... just an ice cold ending like the way the Beatles chose on The End, from Abbey Road. The Hamilton Spectator offered this touching story which contains some classic pictures. The way it was ... and is no more.
 
Corus already got in trouble for trying to put a news talk station on FM in Calgary.
I hope they're not quietly trying to launch a sports station on FM!
They'll just be in trouble once again.

FYI: Y108 is the new home of the Hamilton Ti Cats.
It doesn't stop there.
They will also be carrying the McMaster football games. ( Marauders announce Y108 as new radio broadcast partner for football - McMaster University Athletics )
Add in some talk before and after the game.
"How do you think they'll do"
"How do you think they did..."
and that's an easy step in the sports radio direction.

Thankfully for the good people of Buffalo, 97 Rock, 92.9 FM or Edge 103.3 have no plan or desire to suddenly add sports to their programming.

As for Americans that might want to listen to the Canadian rock radio stations, thankfully, Y 108 isn't the only rock station that picks up in Buffalo.
 
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