CKMS 102.7 FM is a community broadcasting radio station airing live transmission from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The channel broadcast at 102.7 MHz frequency on the FM band. Radio Waterloo Inc. is the station’s owner. The radio broadcast community radio/adult album alternative format. It airs 24 hours transmission around the world through live streaming on the official website.
Signing On CKMS 102.7 FM:
Peter Calvert and Paul Gerster of the Ad Hoc University of Waterloo Student Broadcasting Society got together in 1964. They discuss the project of a weekly, student-run show on the Kitchener AM station CKKW. Rock & roll or “backroom ballads” were forbidden, and it held the right to “exercise judgment in material to be presented and the matter of such presentation.” The first show went on air on October 24 at 10:05 PM. UW Radio Broadcasting Club was established as a result of its success. The University of Waterloo approached the UW Radio Broadcasting Club to obtain a broadcasting license. Unfortunately, due to a lack of money, the University reject the application.
Currently, Streaming for this station is not available.
Radio Waterloo
The organization went to the Federation of Students for partial support in 1968 after receiving multiple rejections from the University. The UW Broadcasting Club turned to become Radio Waterloo the following year. They had a $7000 budget and programs from Waterloo Lutheran University and the University of Washington. Waterloo Lutheran University is now known as Wilfrid Laurier University. The full-time station manager was Bruce Steele. The Secretary of State ruled in 1970 that provincial institutions, such as universities, cannot hold transmission licenses. This decision damaged the plans of Radio Waterloo for an FM station. Instead, it started broadcasting on cable FM through Grand River Cable. The station broadcast hit the wires on the morning of November 17, just before 10:00 AM at 94.1 FM.
Community Radio: The Birth of CKWR
Radio Waterloo was closed by the Federation of Students in the spring of 1971. The Federation decided to reopen the channel with a quarter of its original budget after a week of confrontation. David Gillick (member of Radio Waterloo) produced and designed the station’s report entitled “Radio Waterloo – An Effective Communications Medium.” The report contains all the major aspects of the channel’s mission, history, and future potential as a voice of the community.
Radio Waterloo established a group named Wired World with funding from the Canadian government’s Opportunities for Youth program to put the station into action. The group of nine people investigated the feasibility of a low-power FM broadcasting system and then presented their findings to the Federation of Students. Without financial support from the University, Wired World split from Radio Waterloo to carry on their research independently. The group got a broadcasting license in 1973. They launched Canada’s first English language community radio channel, CKWR FM. Radio Waterloo continued with two studios, a news booth, and Trak Four (a four-track recording studio). The very next year, the station added a stereo broadcast.
On the Air: CKMS FM
The channel applied for a call letter in January 1977. It applied for an FM license, and the application got approval in June. CKMS was on-aired for the first time at 94.5 MHZ after a few weeks of delays. Its initial signal strength was 50 watts. It is Ontario’s third campus FM station. Radio opened an on-campus newsroom in February in the Campus Centre. It was a small studio with a direct line to the main station, making it much simpler for students interested in production to join involved. Due to budget constraints in October 1983, the last issue of the FM Times was released.
The long-running print edition of Radio Waterloo’s program guide included columns on pop culture, social justice, alternative media, and reviews of music and movies. The channel celebrated its fifteenth anniversary with an increase in transmission power of 250 watts and shifted to 100.3 MHz frequency. The station turned off the outdated 94.5 MHz transmitter for the final time on October 15, 1992. CKMS goes fully independent in 2008. It again changed its frequency to 102.7 FM in March 2017 to assist the growth of CKRZ Six Nations on 100.3 FM.
Programs
Routes & Branches & Beyond with Ivan Emke
Fit to Eat: the NL Farm and Food Show
Celt In A Twist with Cal Koat
Viewpoints
From the Void – Tuesday night
CJPME Debrief with Tom Woodley and Michael Bueckert
She Is Your Neighbour Survivor Series
The Elevation Hour of Hip-Hip – 9-Duice & Cate Blanchett – Friday 1–2 PM
Radio Wam
WINGS – Women’s International News Gathering Service
The First Sixteen
Redeye Podcast – Saturday
Rabble Radio
Late Night Vibes with DJ Maciek – Midnight to 2:00 AM / Tuesday
Democracy In Perspective – Leonard Ro
The Feminist Shift
Virasat Radio
The Socially Radical Guitarist
Handpicked: Stories from the Field
Back Porch Bluegrass
The Gems of Life
Father To Son with Gary and Ben Van Osch – 7:00 PM to 7:59 PM / Monday
The Freedom Principle
Deep Threes – Music Beyond Boundaries
World Beat Canada
The Reality Check
Contact Details
Address: Address: Unit 114B – 283 Duke Street West, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2H 3X7
Phone: +1 519 884 2567
Email: office@radiowaterloo.ca
Official Website: https://radiowaterloo.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RadioWaterloo/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/radiowaterloo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ckms102.7fm/
Listen More: 98.5 CKWR