CKML

CKML is a 50 watt radio station owned by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited through licensee "The Security Systems Coordinator, Chalk River Laboratories" that operates at AM 530 kHz in Chalk River, Ontario, Canada. The station is designed solely to broadcast emergency information in event of an accident at the laboratory.

The station was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 1998. CKML, is not considered as a continuous broadcasting station. The service is tested for one hour each month and, once a year, a two-hour emergency exercise will be carried out. In a real emergency situation, the service could be used for many hours.

The "ML" in the CKML callsign refers to Mark Ling of Chalk River Laboratories.

External links

The Security Systems Coordinator, Chalk River Laboratories CKML Chalk River – Licence renewal - Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-323
New radio service to provide emergency information Decision CRTC 98-509
Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKML

Radio stations in Ottawa Valley Region, Ontario and Quebec

Pembroke	CBCD 92.5 CHVR 96.7 CKQB-1 99.9 CHRI-2 100.7 CIMY 104.9

Renfrew	CHMY 96.1 CJHR 98.7 Defunct CKOB 1400 CBOF-FM-8 98.7

Arnprior	CHMY-1 107.7 Defunct CKOA 1490

Killaloe	CHCR 102.9

Chapeau, Quebec	CBOF-FM-9 88.7

Fort Coulonge, Quebec	CHIP 101.7 → 101.9

Barry's Bay, Ontario	CHBY 106.5

Chalk River, Ontario	CKML 530

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Coordinates: 46°02′40″N 77°23′35″W / 46.04444°N 77.39306°W / 46.04444; -77.39306

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