Media in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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This is a list of media in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. For stations licensed to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, see that city's article.
Online news sites such as SooToday.com, HockeyNewsNorth.com, SaultOnline.com and SaultSports.com have emerged in recent years, due in large part to news cutbacks at CTV Northern Ontario and the Sault Star.
Radio
The first radio station in Sault Ste. Marie was CJIC which signed on in 1934. It became CFYN in 1977 when the assets of the station were sold to Gilder Broadcasting. CKCY became the Canadian Sault's second radio station, signing on in 1955. Both AM stations shut down in 1992 as part of one of Canada's first local management agreements, entered into by Pelmorex Radio Network, the managing partner in this case, and Telemedia. The market's first FM station was CJIC in 1964, which later became CHAS in 1992. That same year, country station CJQM launched as CHAS' sister station, with both continuing to broadcast to the region. Two different tourist information stations have aired to this market, though neither currently air.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has aired CBC Radio One and Ici Radio-Canada Première to the Sault Ste. Marie market on CBSM-FM and CBON-18 since 1981 and 1982 respectively, while Sault Ste. Marie has had two Christian stations (CHIM-6 from 2001 to 2012 and CJTK-8 since September 2017.) Aside from the Timmins-based CHIM, all are repeated from Sudbury stations.
Sault Ste. Marie hosts one active internet radio station, The Borderline, which airs programming and music primarily devoted to regional musicians. Sault Ste. Marie was also the originating location of the internet rock radio station Energy Rock Radio before it relocated to British Columbia in 2011. In 2014, Village Media launched its own network of six internet radio stations dedicated to Sault Ste. Marie under the banner of VM Radio, though it ceased operations by 2017.
Although Sault Ste. Marie is the second largest city in Northeastern Ontario, it has fewer of its own radio stations than the smaller North Bay or Timmins markets do, because of its location within the broadcast range of the Sault Ste. Marie and Newberry, Michigan radio market. However, many of these Michigan stations broadcast content and advertising geared toward listeners in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, which is by far the largest city in their broadcast range.
| Frequency | Call sign | Branding | Format | Owner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FM 88.1 | CBON-FM-18 | Ici Radio-Canada Première | news/talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | French; repeats CBON-FM, Sudbury |
| FM 89.5 | CBSM-FM | CBC Radio One | news/talk | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Repeats CBCS-FM, Sudbury |
| FM 100.5 | CHAS-FM | Kiss 100.5 | hot adult contemporary | Rogers Media | |
| FM 104.3 | CJQM-FM | 104.3 The Fox | mainstream rock | Rogers Media | |
| FM 106.5 | CJTK-FM-8 | KFM | Christian | Harvest Ministries Sudbury | Repeats CJTK-FM, Sudbury |
Defunct radio stations
- AM 530 CIRS - tourist information (Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge) owned by Rogers Communications (was launched by Telemedia in 1986). Ceased operating in 2010.
- AM 920 CKCY - 1955-1992
- AM 1050 CFYN - 1934-1992
- FM 92.9 CFWJ-FM - tourist information owned by Elliott Communications. Operated sometime after 2001, ceased operating in 2011 and license expired 2014.[1]
- FM 97.3 CHIM-FM-6 - 1996-2012 Christian radio (rebroadcaster of CHIM-FM Timmins) owned by Roger de Brabant (1158556 Ontario Ltd.)