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On May 14, 1963, at 6:30 am, CHED switched to 630 kHz. Beginning in 1959, CHED aired a Top 40/CHR format. [1] Jerry Forbes ran the first 630 CHED Santas Anonymous in 1955. The charity provided 600 toys to children in its first year and is still run annually as of 2020. In the latest edition, the toy drive provided toys to over 20,000 children. [2]
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 630 kHz: 630 AM is a regional U.S. broadcast frequency. [ 1 ] 630 kHz is a Philippine clear-channel frequency used by NTC. DZMM share Class A status at 630 kHz and being defunctional because of legislative franchise lapsed
The 630-meter (or 600-meter) amateur radio band is a frequency band allocated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to amateur radio operators, and it ranges from 472–479 kHz, or equivalently 625.9–635.1 meters wavelength.
The station signed on August 19, 1965 on 1110 kHz, with 10,000 watts power. It originally broadcast a Middle of the road format. In 1979, CHQT started using 50,000 watts power. In 1986, the station changed frequency to 880 kHz as it was sold to Monarch Broadcasting, Ltd. [1] In July 2000, Shaw Broadcasting sold the station to Corus ...
Ed Mason (July 1946 – September 28, 2021), nicknamed Uncle Eddie or Uncle Ed, was a Canadian newscaster who worked for 630 CHED in Edmonton, Alberta as a morning drive news and police beat presenter. Mason began his radio career in 1963 with CFAR in Flin Flon, Manitoba, hosting Club 590, a teen show, where his father, Eric worked. [1]
WSBN (630 kHz) is a commercial AM sports radio station licensed to Washington, D.C., and serving the Washington metro area. It operates with 10,000 watts in the daytime and 2,700 watts at night using a directional antenna around the clock. WSBN's studios are on Jenifer Street in Northwest Washington. [2]
The 630 kHz frequency is perhaps best known as the longtime home of KDWB from 1959 until 1986. For almost two decades, KDWB was a heated rival of the original WDGY , located at 1130 kHz. When WDGY dropped its call letters in 1991 to become KFAN, KDWB's owner adopted the abandoned WDGY call sign for 630 kHz, where it remained until 2008.
CFBK began broadcasting in 1958 as CKAR on the AM band at 590 kHz with a repeater in Parry Sound known as CKAR-1. In 1961, CKAR moved to 630 kHz and in 1977 became CFBK. In September 1987, the station converted to the FM band at 105.5 MHz [1] and the old AM 630 frequency left the air for good on December 31 the same year.