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Interesting article on high school radio. Did your high school have a radio station? We didn't (Burnhamthorpe Collegiate in Etobicoke), but in retrospect I wish I'd started one:
"Life without echo is really no life at all." - Dan Ingram
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I grew up in Oakville and my high school [Thomas A. Blakelock] never had one in my era [1967-72] Also, in the article about KBPS, the station currently operates at 1000 watts on the 1450 graveyarder. According to the Radio Locator maps, the station has a range of 30-35 miles. Not bad for a half lung high school station.
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According to wiki there are 7 high school radio stations in Canada, mostly Ontario.
Closest to us would be CHOP FM 102.7 Newmarket Pickering College
RAV FM 90.7 Thornhill Vaughan Secondary
PHS Panther Radio Internet Only Preston High school Cambridge
CKVI FM 91.9 Kingston Collegiate
I thought that Neil McNeil High School had a radio station but they weren't listed. I think they offered a television program at one point. Lots of TV and radio people in the Toronto area graduated from Neil McNeil including one John Candy.
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I’m not sure if RavFM is still on the air. It was officially called CFU758, and actually originated from Vaughan Secondary School on Clark Ave. in Thornhill (near Dufferin & Steeles) at 90.7 on the FM dial. (The made up call letters stood for "Radio At Vaughan.")
IIRC, they had a board donated by CHUM-FM and had a range of about, what 20 miles - if that. It was student run but I think was mostly automated during nights, weekends and summers and played rock. I don’t know what happened to it exactly, but I used to be able to get it OK here in northern North York a few years ago. Now, zilch.
A Wikipedia entry on it suggests it was student run for a while but then was taken over to teach a course in radio, which may be why it’s no longer operating and its former website address comes up with an error message. There are a few old sites that attest to its existence, including this story from the Thornhill Liberal newspaper back in 2013. Interesting to see how "Punch" Andrews played a big role in the place before his very untimely passing.
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Pickering College claims CHOP FM is "the only JK-Grade 12 school in Canada with a CRTC-licensed radio station,"
Its website has a 4 1/2 minute video about the station - narrated by Ted Yates, of all people. It claims the first Ted Rogers got his start at the college and credits Allan Waters and his family for equipping the place for the radio outlet. Not a bad pedigree!
You can see the video here if you're curious.
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My high school radio station was C-HOW Radio in Welland. News Director Jack Haney would pick me up early in the morning, we'd drive to the station between Welland and Port Colborne, where I'd do the AM sportscast run, then hitchhike back to classes at Welland High. After classes, I'd hitch back to the station and do the afternoon sports.
Some of the people at C-HOW at the time: Dave Wright (PD), Bob Hooper, Bud Riley, Ron Grimster, George Franks, Bill Moyer, Rennie Heard, Bob Eged, Mo Stasyk, Fred Augerman -- what a wonderful way to learn.