On October 12, 2022, WONation Radio Inc. received a license from the CRTC to operate a low-power, English and Ojibway-language Indigenous (Type B Native) FM radio station in Wauzhushk Onigum Nation, District of Kenora, Ontario which would operate at 101.3 MHz (channel 267LP) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 27 watts (directional antenna with a maximum ERP of 50 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain [EHAAT] of 17.8 metres). [1][2][3]
CKWO-FM signed on at 101.3 FM in May 2024 as The Gap. [4][5]
CKWO-FM 92.3
The CKWO-FM call sign was previously used at a former radio station in Fort Frances, Ontario which operated an Active rock aboriginal/First Nations community radio on the frequency of 92.3 MHz with 50 watts, branded as The Wolf. The station was launched by Couchiching Community Radio in 2004. [6] It is unknown when the station ceased broadcasting; the CRTC renewed CKWO-FM's licence from 1 September 2012 to 28 February 2013, with no record of renewal from that date.[7]
References
^Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-279,
Low-power, Indigenous FM radio station in Wauzhushk Onigum Nation, district of Kenora, CRTC, October 12, 2022