- CHSC (AM)
Infobox_Radio_station | name = CHSC
city =St. Catharines, Ontario
area = St. Catharines, Niagara, Hamilton, Toronto
branding = 1220 CHSC / Radio Uno
slogan = Niagara's True Variety Station
airdate =1967
frequency = 1220 kHz
format =adult contemporary & Italian
power = 10,000watt s
class = B
owner = Pellpropco Inc.
website = [http://www.1220chsc.ca/ CHSC Official Web site]CHSC is a
radio station inSt. Catharines, Ontario ,Canada . Broadcasting 10,000 watts at 1220 AM, the station airs a mix ofadult contemporary andoldies , plus a fewtalk radio shows, in both English and Italian. The station's regular English programming is branded as 1220 CHSC, and its Italian programming is branded as Radio Uno.Italian language programming (Radio Uno) runs from 12noon to 6pm weekdays and 6am to 5pm weekends. Recent additions to CHSC's third-language programming are "South-Asian Dhoom," hindu music and chat which airs weekdays from 10am to 12noon and 6pm to 9pm. On Saturdays from 5pm to 9pm and Sundays from 5pm to 7pm, CHSC presents "Caribbean Connection," a mix ofsoca music and chat. CHSC's only remaining talk program is the "It's Your Call Sports Show", which ran for years Monday nights at 6pm but has now moved an hour earlier from 5pm till 6pm.CHSC News airs at the top of each hour 6am till 6pm and every half hour during the morning commute.
The station also maintains a sales office in Woodbridge for the
Toronto market.History
CHSC was launched in
1967 by Radio Station CHSC Ltd., who also launched CHSC-FM at the same time. The station was acquired by Coultis Broadcasting in1990 .In
1997 , the station entered into alocal marketing agreement with CJRN and CKEY in Niagara Falls. The station subsequently applied to move to FM in2001 , but withdrew the application.Coultis went into
receivership in2002 , and the station was acquired by its current owner,Pellpropco Inc. Programming
1220 CHSC is one of the few AM stations remaining in Canada that plays currently charted music. CHSC/Radio Uno also stream their signal over the Internet.
As of March 19, 2007, CHSC appears to have undergone a format modification. Radio Uno's Italian programming has been enhanced and 1220 CHSC's English programming has been diminished.
On-air personalities:
* Chuck Lafleur - weekdays 6am to 10am. (Music Director Bill Wilson fills in when Chuck is on vacation)
* Bill Wilson - weekdays from 9pm to midnight. Bill presents "Love After Dark" at 10pm, a program of love songs.News anchors:
* Angus Gillespie - weekdays 6am to 12noon
* Armand Romagnoli - weekdays 1pm to 6pmExternal links
* [http://www.1220chsc.ca/ CHSC/Radio Uno]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=379&historyID=161 CHSC history at Canadian Communications Foundation]
* [http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/air1978.html Rock Radio Scrapbook page] including anaircheck of Ted Michaels on CHSC, July 18, 1978. The station then had a full-timeAdult Top 40 format.
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