Windsor, Ontario

Windsor ({{coor dm|42|18|N|83|01|W|}}; EST), the southernmost city in Canada, lies at the western end of the heavily-populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the county seat of Essex County, Ontario and lies across the Detroit River and Lake St Clair from Detroit, Michigan, to which Windsor is linked by bridge and tunnels. The 2005 Projectory Census put the population of Windsor at 209,000, and its metropolitan area's population at 340,000. Windsor's motto is "The river and the land sustain us." It is the only point along Canada's southern border where one enters the United States by heading north.

Media

Because of Windsor's proximity to the Detroit media market, radio and television broadcasters in Windsor are accorded a special status by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, exempting them from many of the Canadian content ("CanCon") requirements most broadcasters in Canada are required to follow. The CanCon requirements are sometimes blamed in part for the decline in popularity of Windsor radio statio CKLW, a 50,000 watt AM radio station that in the late 1960's (prior to the advent of CanCon) had been the number one radio station not only in Detroit and Windsor, but also in the Toledo and Cleveland markets.

Related Topics:
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission - Canadian content - CKLW - AM radio - Toledo - Cleveland

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Windsor is also exempt from concentration of media ownership rules: all of its commercial broadcast outlets are owned by a single company, CHUM Limited.

Related Topics:
Concentration of media ownership - CHUM Limited

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Radio

• 540 AM - CBEF, La Première Chaîne
• 580 AM - CKWW, oldies
• 800 AM - CKLW, news/talk
• 1550 AM - CBE, CBC Radio One
• 88.7 FM - CIMX, 89X modern rock
• 89.9 FM - CBE, CBC Radio Two
• 91.5 FM - CJAM, University of Windsor campus radio
• 93.9 FM - CIDR, Lite Rock 93.9 adult contemporary
• 95.1 FM - CKUE, The Rock active rock (rebroadcaster of a station from Chatham-Kent)
• 107.9 FM - CJBC, Espace Musique (new in 2005)

Television

• Channel 9 - CBET, CBC
• Channel 32 - CICO-32, TVOntario
• Channel 54 - CBEFT, SRC
• Channel 60 - CHWI, A-Channel

Print

Windsor and its surrounding area is served by the Windsor Star, a daily newspaper operated by CanWest Global Communications.

Related Topics:
Windsor Star - CanWest Global Communications

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