Media in Kingston, Ontario

This is a list of media in Kingston, Ontario.

Radio

In addition to local outlets, radio and television stations from New York state (particularly the Watertown market) are readily available in Kingston. (See also: Radio stations in Watertown) One such station, WLYK in Cape Vincent, New York, promotes itself as a Kingston station — and operates from studios in Kingston under a local management agreement — despite being officially licensed to an American community. The Queen's University campus station, CFRC Radio, is one of the oldest stations in the world, having been founded in 1922.[1][2] This station served as a commercial outlet until the establishment of CKWS-AM (now CKWS-FM) in 1942. Kingston's two legacy AM frequencies, 960 kHz (CKWS) and 1380 kHz (CKLC) are now dark after both stations moved to the FM band in the late 2000s. [3]

Frequency Call sign Branding Format Owner Notes
FM 91.9 CKVI-FM 91.9 The Cave High school radio Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute The station is run by students who are part of the Radio Broadcasting county-wide focus program which is open to any Grade 11, 12, and returning 12th year students in the Limestone District School Board.
FM 92.9 CBBK-FM CBC Music Adult contemporary, public radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CBL-FM (Toronto)
FM 93.5 CKXC-FM Country 93.5 Country Rogers Radio
FM 96.3 CFMK-FM 96.3 Big FM Classic rock Corus Entertainment
FM 98.3 CFLY-FM Fly 98.3 Hot adult contemporary My Broadcasting Corporation
FM 98.9 CKLC-FM Kingston's New Country 98.9 Country My Broadcasting Corporation (formerly on AM 1380; moved to FM in 2007)
FM 99.5 CJBC-2-FM Ici Radio-Canada Première Talk radio, public radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation French-language; rebroadcaster of CJBC (Toronto)
FM 100.5 CKJJ-FM-3 UCB Radio Christian radio United Christian Broadcasters Canada Rebroadcaster of CKJJ-FM (Belleville)
FM 101.3 CJAI-FM Island Radio 101.3 FM Community Radio Amherst Island Radio Broadcasting, Inc. Located in Loyalist,_Ontario, its protected contour extends into Kingston.
FM 101.9 CFRC-FM CFRC 101.9 Campus radio, community radio Radio Queen's University Ownership was transferred from Queen’s University to an independent, not-for-profit[4] body known as Radio Queen’s University to comply with CRTC requirements.[5]
FM 102.7 WLYK-FM 102.7 Wow FM Classic hits Border International Broadcasting (1234567 Corporation) Studio located in Kingston but transmitter located in Cape Vincent, New York
FM 104.3 CKWS-FM 104.3 Fresh Radio Hot adult contemporary Corus Entertainment (formerly on AM 960; moved to FM in 2007)
FM 105.7 CIKR-FM K-Rock 105.7 Active rock Rogers Radio
FM 106.3 CIRJ-FM Local information and updates Short-range signal information for visitors and residents. Operated by Information Radio.[6] (defunct)
FM 107.5 CBCK-FM CBC Radio One Talk radio, public radio Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Rebroadcaster of CBO-FM (Ottawa)

Defunct radio stations

FM

  • 88.1 FM - VF7138 (Kingston)

Television

OTA channel Virtual channel
(PSIP) 		Cogeco Call sign Network Notes
2 (VHF) – 3 CIII-TV-2 Global Rebroadcaster of CIII-DT (Toronto);1 Transmitted from Bancroft
6 (VHF) – 6 CJOH-TV-6 CTV Rebroadcaster of CJOH-DT (Ottawa); Transmitted from Deseronto (analog transmitter shutdown on October 9, 2020 - defunct)
11 (VHF) 11.1 10 CKWS-DT Global
– – 13 – TVCogeco Community channel for Cogeco subscribers

1Nearest Global signal to Kingston; much of the city gets only a marginal over-the-air signal from CIII-TV-2.

The incumbent terrestrial cable provider in Kingston is Cogeco.

Defunct Analog TV Stations in Kingston

Print

Internet

References

  1. ^ CFRC about
  2. ^ CFRC History - cfrc.ca archived
  3. ^ Article on Kingston Radio Stations, Northeast Radio Watch/Scott Fybush, September 5, 2008
  4. ^ "About CFRC". CFRC. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  5. ^ "CFRC-FM – The History of Canadian Broadcasting". Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  6. ^ Information Radio Retrieved March 20, 2017 archived
  7. ^ www.thekingstonlocal.com
  8. ^ www.kingstonist.com
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