- Media in Waterloo Region
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This is a list of media in Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, including Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and the surrounding area.
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Radio
Frequency Call sign Location Name / Format Owner Notes 570 AM CKGL Kitchener 570 News - news/talk Rogers Communications 88.3 FM CJIQ-FM Kitchener CJIQ - campus radio Conestoga College 91.5 FM CKBT-FM Kitchener 91.5 The Beat - CHR/top 40 Corus Entertainment 94.3 FM CJTW-FM Kitchener Faith FM 94.3 - christian radio Sound of Faith Broadcasting Inc 96.7 FM CHYM-FM Kitchener CHYM FM - light rock/adult contemporary Rogers Communications Rogers Radio
98.5 FM CKWR-FM Waterloo FM 98.5 CKWR - community radio Wired World Inc 99.5 FM CKKW-FM Waterloo KFUN 99.5 - oldies Bell Media Radio 100.3 FM CKMS-FM Waterloo 100.3 Sound FM - campus radio and community radio Radio Waterloo Inc. CKMS-FM 102.5 FM CKAV-FM-8 Kitchener Aboriginal Voices Radio - First Nations Aboriginal Voices 105.3 FM CFCA-FM Waterloo 105.3 Kool FM - hot adult contemporary Bell Media Radio 106.7 FM CIKZ-FM Waterloo KIX 106 - country music Rogers Communications Rogers Radio
107.5 FM CJDV-FM Cambridge 107.5 Dave FM - rock Corus Entertainment Stations from neighbouring regions such as Toronto, Hamilton, Guelph and London are also available, and there are retransmission towers in nearby Paris, Ontario for Toronto-based broadcasts of CBC Radio One, CBC Radio 2, and Espace musique.
Television
The only broadcast TV station based in Waterloo Region is CKCO-TV, which has called itself CTV Southwestern Ontario since 2005. It is located in Kitchener and is owned by CTVglobemedia. The region is also served by Rogers TV, a community channel based in Kitchener available only to Rogers Cable subscribers. It provides local talk shows and coverage of special events and local hockey games.
Rebroadcasters located in the immediate vicinity of Waterloo Region include:
- CIII-TV (Global) Channel 6
- CICO-TV-28 (TVOntario) Digital Channel 28.1
- CBLN-TV-1 (CBC) Channel 112
- CBLFT-8 (Radio-Canada) Channel 117
- CKCO-TV (CTV) Channel 13
Print
Newspapers
The daily newspaper serving Waterloo Region is Metroland Media Group's Waterloo Region Record. In addition to the regional newspaper, Metroland also publishes local newspapers for the individual communities in the region. In Kitchener, it has published Kitchener Post since June 2011. Equivalent local newspapers exist for Waterloo and Cambridge in the form of Waterloo Chronicle and Cambridge Times, respectively. Prior to 2004, a separate local newspaper, Cambridge Reporter, was published, but has since been merged with the Cambridge Times.
The regional townships are also served by their own local newspapers. Elmira Independent and The Observer are aimed towards readers in Elmira and Woolwich, and New Hamburg Independent for New Hamburg and Wilmot.
Magazines
Visitor Guide, circulation 100,000 is a 3 time a year tourist magazine that has been published in Waterloo Region since 1978, and Exchange Magazine for Business, circulation 20,000 is 8 time a year business magazine and Monday to Friday online business daily that has been publishing in the Waterloo Region area since 1983.
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