- CKON-FM
Infobox Radio Station
name = CKON-FM
airdate = September 29, 1984
frequency = 97.3 MHz (FM)
city =Akwesasne
area = | format =country music
owner = Akwesasne Communication Society
erp = 250watt s "(unofficial)"
branding = 97.3 CKON
slogan = The More Music, More Often Station
class =
website = http://www.ckonfm.com/
callsign_meaning = Reference to "sekon", the Mohawk word for "hello".CKON-FM is a
radio station located inAkwesasne , aMohawk nation territory that straddles theCanada-United States border (and also, on the Canadian side, the interprovincial border betweenQuebec andOntario ).The station broadcasts on 97.3
MHz and is owned and operated by the Akwesasne Communication Society, a community-based non-profit group. [http://www.cnwl.igs.net/~ckon/history.htm A LONG Time Ago ] ] It has acountry music format, but also hasadult contemporary music during evenings andoldies on Sundays. CKON-FN broadcasts in English, and while it used to have some programming in Kanien'keha (i.e., the "Mohawk language "), [http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/archive.php?id=175 , http://www.inthisplace.org/itp.html , and
http://www.snowplowrecords.com/teddyeddy.html] this appears to have been discontinued. [ [http://www.cnwl.igs.net/~ckon/Progms.htm Listen To Harry ] ]The call sign CKON is a reference to the Mohawk word "sekon" (or "she:kon"), which means "hello" in English.
While the station uses a
call sign that would give the impression of being a licenced Canadian station, according to an article from the Canadian Journal of Communication, it is not, [http://www.cjc-online.ca/viewarticle.php?id=454&layout=html Canadian Journal of Communication - Vol. 23, No. 2 (1998) ] ] and there is indeed no record whatsoever of the station being licensed by theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), or, for that matter, by the United StatesFederal Communications Commission (FCC). (The call sign CKON is however not listed as an available call sign as of this writing, [ [http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/engineering/frndoc/regavail.pdf file:///c|/bat/Stategis/callsign/REGAVAIL.TXT ] ] despite the absence of any other station using that call sign, [Using http://sd.ic.gc.ca/pls/eng_alpha/web_search.call_sign_input (Industry Canada)
and http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/fmq.html (United States Federal Communications Commission).] which may reflect an unofficial acknowledgement of the station by the Canadian government. ) As such, official technical information about the station is unavailable; however, the station is reported to use 250watt s ofeffective radiated power , and its transmitter site is reported as being located on the Canadian side of the border, [ [http://perso.mediaserv.net/sharad/agreg/06c-indiandocs.html US Indian Policy 1830-1890, Agregation Interne d'Anglais 1997 ] ] and more exactly in St. Regis (part of the Quebec portion of the reserve). [ [http://macblog.pitas.com/01_05_2004.html BMac's Blog - Radio Ramblings & More ] ] The station is licenced by a proclamation from the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation given via the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs. [ [http://www.northnet.org/mohawkna/mncc.htm MNCC ] ]CKON-FM went on the air on September 29, 1984. The station's studios are located in the Akwesasne Communication Society Building; that building is itself on both sides of the international border, with part of it being in
Hogansburg, New York , and part of it inSt. Regis, Quebec .In addition to music and discussion programming, CKON is also the official broadcaster of
Cornwall Colts minor-leagueice hockey . It also airs weather updates provided byPlattsburgh, New York NBC affiliate,WPTZ .Notes
All links retrieved on December 1, 2006. External links
* [http://www.ckonfm.com/ 97.3 CKON (official website)]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=433&historyID=773 CKON history at Canadian Communications Foundation]
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