CFCO

CFCO

City	Chatham–Kent, Ontario
Branding	Country 92-9 FM CFCO
Slogan	"Chatham-Kent's Country"
Frequency	630 kHz (AM) 92.9 (MHz)
First air date	1926
Format	Country
Power	AM: 10,000 watts Daytime 6,000 watts Nighttime
ERP	FM: 250 watts
HAAT	65 meters (213 ft) (FM)
Class	AM Class B / FM Class A1
Callsign meaning	Coming From Chatham Ontario
Former callsigns	10BT
Owner	Blackburn Radio
Sister stations	CKSY-FM, CKUE-FM
Website	www.country929.com

CFCO (630 AM and 92.9 FM) is a news, sports, and country music radio station located in Chatham–Kent, Ontario. The station, owned by London, Ontario-based Blackburn Radio, features a heavy local news commitment. The AM station broadcasts in C-QUAM AM Stereo. CFCO is one of the few dedicated Country Music stations on the AM dial in North America, as well as one of the few to do so in C-QUAM AM Stereo.

History

Classic Gold 630

The AM radio station has been on the air since 1926. CFCO, which stands for "Coming From Chatham Ontario", featured middle of the road and adult contemporary formats through much of its history, moving to an oldies format around 1992, as Classic Gold 630.

The station made several upgrades during this period under the ownership of Bea-Ver Broadcasting, including an increase in nighttime power from 1,000 to 6,000 watts (the station broadcasts with 10,000 watts by day). The high quality of the AM stereo audio of CFCO was for a time even featured on a tuner manufacturer's website.

In 2000, the station added its FM signal at 92.9 (CFCO-1-FM) to improve reception of the station's programming in office buildings in Chatham. The FM simulcasts the AM 100% and initially broadcast with only 50 watts of power^[1] (later quintupled to 250 watts).

Country 92.9 & AM 630

On March 3, 2008 at 9AM, after sixteen years as an oldies station, "Classic Gold 630" came to an end with the song "The Beat Goes On" by Sonny and Cher, after which CFCO signed on the new country format with "Play Something Country" by Brooks & Dunn. Opening the station was thirty two year CFCO vet George Brooks. This is the first time Chatham-Kent has had its own country music station, although now-sister station CHYR in nearby Leamington was a country station for most of the 1990s and sister station CJSP, also in Leamington, debuted its own country format prior to CFCO's change. Besides CFCO and CJSP, other country stations owned by Blackburn Radio are CHOK in Sarnia-Lambton, CJWF-FM in Windsor, and CKNX in Wingham.

In March 2011 CFCO began referring the station as "Country 92-9 FM CFCO" with no mention of 630AM. By 2015, it would include 630 AM once more.

References

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- Decision CRTC 2000-253

External links

Radio stations in Southwestern Ontario (excluding American stations)

Essex County	Windsor CKWW 580 CKLW 800 CBEF 1550 CIMX 88.7 CBE 89.9 NEW 90.5 CIDR 93.9 CJWF 95.9 CBEW 97.5 CJAM 99.1 CKUE-1 100.7 CINA 102.3 CJBC-1 103.9 CBEF-2 105.5 Leamington CBEW-FM-1 91.9 CJSP 92.7 CHYR 96.7 CBEF-1 103.1 VAZ533 162.475 Point Pelee National Park CJPP 90.7

Chatham-Kent	Chatham CFCO 630 AM & 92.9 FM CBEE 88.1 CKGW 89.3 CKSY 94.3 CKUE 95.1 CKXS 99.1 CKBK 104.3 CZT836 162.525¹

Lambton County	Kettle Point CKTI 107.7 Sarnia CHOK 1070 AM & 103.9 FM CBEG 90.3 CBEF-3 98.3 CFGX 99.9 CKCI 103.3 CHKS 106.3 XJV492 162.400 Walpole Island CFRZ 98.3

Weatheradio Canada	XJV492 162.400 (Sarnia-Oil Springs) VAZ533 162.475 (Windsor-Leamington) CZT836 162.525 (Chatham-Kent)¹

¹CP granted, to air soon Ontario radio markets Cornwall & Eastern Ontario Hamilton-Niagara Kenora District First Nations Radio Kingston-Brockville Kitchener-Waterloo London Midwestern Ontario North Bay Ottawa Parry Sound-Muskoka-Haliburton Pembroke/Ottawa Valley Peterborough Quinte/Belleville-Trenton Rainy River Simcoe County/Barrie/Orillia Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay Timiskaming Timmins Toronto Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia See also List of radio stations in Ontario Detroit The Thumb Toledo Sandusky Cleveland Radio

AM Stereo radio stations

The following 112 stations broadcast in C-QUAM A.M. Stereo.

Canada (CF, CH-CK, VO)	CFCB CFCO CHQR CJBQ CKJH CKST

Philippines (DU-DZ)	DWRS DWWW

Japan (JO)	JOAR JOLF JOUF JOVF

United States (K, W)	KALV KBPS KCLI KCSR KDIA KDTH KDYA KEYZ KGRN KGVL KJAA KJAN KLXX KNRO KQWB KRIB KRML KROS KSET KSIB KVMI KVON KWAL KWHW KWOD KWWJ KXEO KYET KYIZ KYVA KZSJ WAMB WAQE WAXB WBBT WBCO WBFJ WBLQ WCAZ WCNF WCOR WCTC WDIC WDWS WEUP WGFT WGOL WGSV WGTN WGUE WHIY WHWH WIKE WINY WION WIRY WIXE WKBF WKHB WLNO WLS WLWL WMBD WMCE WMNI WNNC WOAP WPAX WPCC WPCF WPFJ WQLR WQRX WQUN WRDN WRNE WRPQ WRSB WSBM WSLM WSON WTHU WTNI WXYG WYAM WZKY WZZB

Australia (VL)	VL2CA VL2CC VL4BC

Brazil (ZY)	ZYJ494 ZYK280

Greece	AMAX-385

Indonesia	Kantor Berita Radio 68H

Ireland	Zenith Classic Rock

Italy	Broadcast Italia Media Veneta Radio Mini Radio Radio Melody Radio Studio X

By frequency	540 570 603 610 620 620 630 660 700 740 750 770 770 774 800 830 850 860 870 890 890 920 920 920 927 980 990 1017 1040 1053 1053 1060 1080 1080 1090 1098 1116 1120 1170 1190 1190 1200 1206 1220 1220 1220 1230 1230 1230 1240 1240 1242 1270 1270 1270 1270 1290 1300 1310 1314 1320 1330 1340 1340 1340 1340 1340 1350 1350 1360 1370 1390 1400 1400 1400 1410 1410 1410 1430 1430 1430 1430 1431 1440 1450 1450 1450 1450 1470 1480 1485 1490 1490 1490 1520 1530 1540 1550 1566 1580 1584 1584 1593 1600 1620 1640 1640 1660 1660 1660 1670 1700

Coordinates: 42°20′03″N 82°16′53″W / 42.33417°N 82.28139°W / 42.33417; -82.28139

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