Which is interesting, except for one thing - they were licenced as a news/talk format, not an oldies station. I wonder how long they'll be in "soft launch" mode before they actually have to start properly programming the thing. 

Perhaps that's true. But they're still playing music as of this posting, just after 7:30 AM. Plus there doesn't appear to be any live or even pretaped human being there. The thing is obviously on auto pilot. That's certainly not in their promise of performance  to serve the city of Mississauga. (Although I do agree it's an interesting music mix, so that's a bonus!)

As for 1220, I'm not sure it will ever happen. I think the Grapevine has withered and all that's left is a bunch of sour grapes!

alangee wrote:

     the music isn't the same old retreads we used to hear on CHUM or as dull as the music sounds on 740. It actually sounds fresh. 

Oldest trick in the book, Alan.     Drag out pre-launch programming as long as possible.     Get people talking about how wonderful it is.   Hope they will re-program a button on the receiver in the vehicle.    When regulators holler "ENOUGH" move to formal launch, brought to you by Magic Windows (the usual crowd).   And hope to retain a few listeners.

Moses Zoomer performed this trick perfectly back in 2010.     

 

The sad thing is I have yet to hear any PAID clients on the air, (unless doing a show and paying to be on).   To be honest, I have listened a bit and don't find the real connection to the city in their programming.   It sounds like nothing is thought out, and they are just throwing whatever on the air to have something on.   You can't build an audience/client base doing this, especially one that will tune in on a regular basis.    It is very possible to run a 24/7 News Talk Format, that is cost effective and relevant to the community... but so far all I've heard is a bunch of audio from YouTube (likely used without permission), a few talk programs in English done locally, (which you can't hear most of the conversation, due to the audio processing) that sound very college radio, and music thrown in with the shuffle button pressed and dead air all over.   I also have heard 0 NEWS.     If they have any hope, they better start getting serious and figure out a plan, and go with it....   The station can't run long with no next to no income/listeners.   It's clear they are not professionals, but it's a business and it needs to grow and make money.   I think they need to hire someone to manage it with experience in commercial radio to get it off the ground.      Just my 2 cents. 

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radiokid wrote:

The sad thing is I have yet to hear any PAID clients on the air, (unless doing a show and paying to be on).   To be honest, I have listened a bit and don't find the real connection to the city in their programming.   It sounds like nothing is thought out, and they are just throwing whatever on the air to have something on.   You can't build an audience/client base doing this, especially one that will tune in on a regular basis.    It is very possible to run a 24/7 News Talk Format, that is cost effective and relevant to the community... but so far all I've heard is a bunch of audio from YouTube (likely used without permission), a few talk programs in English done locally, (which you can't hear most of the conversation, due to the audio processing) that sound very college radio, and music thrown in with the shuffle button pressed and dead air all over.   I also have heard 0 NEWS.     If they have any hope, they better start getting serious and figure out a plan, and go with it....   The station can't run long with no next to no income/listeners.   It's clear they are not professionals, but it's a business and it needs to grow and make money.   I think they need to hire someone to manage it with experience in commercial radio to get it off the ground.      Just my 2 cents. 

What makes it worse is that they had 7 YEARS to plan for this. And the results sound like they were scratched out on a napkin two weeks ago. And you're right - how is this serving the City of Mississauga?

unclefester wrote:

Is there an online way to listen to this station?

As far as I know, they don't even have an official website yet. So it's off air or nothing. And if you listen to it off air, it's still nothing! 

They post almost daily on their instagram and Facebook pages, political parties such as mayor of mississauga interviewed on their station, and other people from the city of brampton. Have I tuned to listen to the interviews? No.

 

I still suspect that they'll go live to hockey then switch back to music claiming that something still isn't allowing them to broadcast a talk format properly...gawd! I have no idea how they'll pull that one off though.
 

No, Elliott Kerr owns both of them. So I'm guessing there won't be a "rights" issue. 

RadioAaron wrote:

   They can run these oldies 24/7 if they want.

Not everyone's cuppa tea, but speaking personally I'll stay with them as long as they do
 

Here's how CKNT sounded this morning about 1030am in NW PA, 80 miles southeast of Erie, 60 miles south of Jamestown NY. Two audio clips at the link below 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rcNs9a_rRjy1mXfFJiuDEbyGz-VqrOTz/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jlcPIKlIp1dk3FrGaqUy-H0tiqGpUODP/view?usp=sharing

RadioPaulPA wrote:

Here's how CKNT sounded this morning about 1030am in NW PA, 80 miles southeast of Erie, 60 miles south of Jamestown NY. Two audio clips at the link below 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rcNs9a_rRjy1mXfFJiuDEbyGz-VqrOTz/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jlcPIKlIp1dk3FrGaqUy-H0tiqGpUODP/view?usp=sharing

Flip them an email @ cknt960@gmail.com with those links. I'm sure they'd be interested 

Tim Brown 2016 wrote:

RadioPaulPA wrote:

Here's how CKNT sounded this morning about 1030am in NW PA, 80 miles southeast of Erie, 60 miles south of Jamestown NY. Two audio clips at the link below 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rcNs9a_rRjy1mXfFJiuDEbyGz-VqrOTz/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jlcPIKlIp1dk3FrGaqUy-H0tiqGpUODP/view?usp=sharing

Curious what you're using for a receiver and antenna.

A 300 foot longwire antenna on the ground in the woods... a signal amplifier that kicks it up a few notches and a tecsun pl880.

The pl880 isnt made for AM, it's really more for Shortwave radio... if I'd had something geared towards AM, like a JRC NRD535D or Lowe HF225 like I used to have, I suspect CKNT would've been a bit better.

Last edited by RadioPaulPA (September 27, 2018 1:08 pm)

i thought winamp was shut down years ago?  i mean, i still use it on my computer, but there haven't been updates or new features for a long time.

Waits for someone to get my ".. but the Sauga 960 format doesnt whip the llamas ass".. joke lol

@Fitz.. glad to help    IT looks like CKNT should possibly produce a respectable signal here for what they are .. so I'll make some recordings from time to time.   1410 is empty here otherwise, 1400 and 1420 have semi locals..... 1400 is 1kw from about 10 miles away but its down in a valley.  1420 is 5kw from 25 miles away down in a valley.. so 1410 is nice and empty here.