CKLW
CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. CKLW is owned by Bell Media and has a news/talk radio format. It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings, plus Coast to Coast AM with George Noory overnight. Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor.
| Broadcast area | Southwestern Ontario Detroit–Windsor |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 800 kHz (AM) |
| Branding | AM 800 CKLW |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Affiliations | CHWI-DT The Canadian Press Premiere Networks Windsor Spitfires |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| CHWI-DT, CIDR-FM, CIMX-FM, CKWW | |
| History | |
First air date | June 2, 1932 |
Former call signs | CKOK (1932–1933) |
Former frequencies | 540 kHz (1932-1933) 840 kHz (1933-1934) 1030 kHz (1934-1941) |
Call sign meaning | CK London-Windsor (broadcast area) |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 42.0569°N 83.0028°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | iheartradio.ca/am800 |
CKLW is a 50,000-watt Class B station, using a five-tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. Despite its high power, it must protect Class A clear-channel station XEROK in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and other Canadian and U.S. stations on 800 AM. The transmitter is off County Road 20 West in southern Essex County, between Amherstburg and Harrow, only a few kilometres from the Lake Erie shoreline.