CKSO-FM

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title: "CKSO-FM" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-greater-sudbury", "christian-radio-stations-in-canada", "defunct-radio-stations-in-ontario", "radio-stations-established-in-2002", "radio-stations-disestablished-in-2006", "2002-establishments-in-ontario", "2006-disestablishments-in-ontario"] description: "Former radio station in Sudbury, Ontario" topic_path: "geography/canada" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CKSO-FM" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Former radio station in Sudbury, Ontario ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]

Field	Value
name	CKSO-FM
city	Sudbury, Ontario
country	CA
airdate
last_airdate
frequency
format	Christian music
erp	50,000 watts
class	LP
owner	David Jackson
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| name = CKSO-FM | logo = | above = | city = Sudbury, Ontario | country = CA | branding = | airdate = | last_airdate = | frequency = | 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. The frequency was later changed to 101.1 MHz (channel 266LP)

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. 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.

On October 8, 2002, the group asked for and was granted an extension to the deadline to commence operations. 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. 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.

References

References

1. [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)
2. [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/N2001-2-1.htm Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2001-2-1], ''CRTC'', February 1, 2001
3. [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
4. [https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/ckso-lives-at-1011-fm-206213 CKSO lives at 101.1], ''sudbury.com'', circa. 2002
5. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090117185653/http://www.cksofm.netfirms.com/aboutus.htm CKSO-FM about us] ''(archive.org)''
6. [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2002/db2002-297.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-297], Deadline to commence operations, ''CRTC'', October 8, 2002
7. [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]]

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