CKPC (AM)
CKPC is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 1380 kHz in Brantford, Ontario, with its transmitter in the nearby township of Oakland. Owned and operated by Evanov Communications, the station airs a country music and Christian religious format branded as AM 1380.
History
CKPC went on the air in 1923. Its original city of license was Preston, Ontario (now part of the city of Cambridge, Ontario), but was moved to Brantford shortly after. The station first started out as an amateur radio station, but the founder (Wallace Russ) quickly applied for a broadcast license after a few trial broadcasts. His license was granted, and he started broadcasting from his home in Preston at a power of just 5 watts. After Russ sold the station to his friend Cyrus Dolph, he still remained active with the station, and watched it grow throughout its early years. Its power would later increase to 25 watts in 1927, doubling in power and moving to 1010 kHz at 50 watts in 1930, and to 880 kHz. The station's main content was local news, and local artists and talents from Kitchener, Hamilton, and Brantford.
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