CIOC-FM
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| City of license | Victoria, BC |
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| Branding | 98.5 The Ocean |
| Slogan | Today's Lite Rock |
| First air date | 1955 |
| Frequency | 98.5 MHz (FM) |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| ERP | 100 kW |
| Callsign meaning | C I OCean |
| Former callsigns | CKDA-FM (1955-1965) CFMS-FM (1965-1995) |
| Owner | Rogers Communications |
| Website | 98.5 The Ocean |
CIOC (identified on air as 98.5 The Ocean), is an FM radio station based in Victoria, British Columbia, broadcasting at 98.5 MHz and owned by Rogers Communications. Its format is "lite rock".
[edit] History
CIOC went on the air for the first time in 1955 as CKDA-FM, rebroadcasting the signal of then-AM sister CKDA on 370 watts of power, with both stations owned by Capital Broadcasting System Ltd. The transmitter site was actually a pole placed by the sea in Oak Bay, across from the AM transmitter site on Chatham Island. The primary purpose of the FM station at that time was to assist in getting the AM programming to the Chatham Island site.
CKDA-FM changed its name to CFMS-FM at 6:00 PM on March 21, 1965 and began broadcasting a separate schedule from CKDA, airing an easy listening format between noon and midnight seven days a week before later going to 24-hour-a-day broadcasting. In later years, CFMS switched to a mixed format of adult contemporary music (from 6 AM-7 PM weekdays and 6 AM-6 PM weekends) and easy listening instrumentals (in the evenings and overnight).
On September 1, 1995, Capital Broadcasting sold CKDA and CFMS, with CKDA going to OK Radio Group, the owners of CKKQ-FM (100.3 The Q), and CFMS picked up by CJVI 900 (owned by Rogers Communications). On December 11, CFMS changed to its current full-time adult contemporary format and changed its name to the current CIOC.
[edit] External links
- 98.5 The Ocean - Official website
- CFMS/CIOC history at Canadian Communications Foundation website
- CFMS/CIOC history at Vancouver Radio Museum
| FM radio stations in Vancouver, Victoria, B.C. and Bellingham, Washington |
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| Vancouver: CJSF 90.1 • CBUX 90.9 • CKYE 93.1 • CJJR 93.7 • CFBT 94.5 • CKZZ 95.3 • CHKG 96.1 • CKLG 96.9 • CBUF 97.7 • CFOX 99.3 • CFMI 101.1 • CITR 101.9 • CISW 102.7 • CFRO 102.7 • CHQM 103.5 • CKCL 104.9 • CBU 105.7 • CKAV-2 106.3 • CFML 107.9 • Abbotsford: CIVL 88.7 • CKQC 107.1 • Chilliwack: CBYF 91.7 • CKSR 98.3 • Hope: CFSR 100.5 • CBUE 101.7 • Squamish: CISQ 107.1 • Whistler: CBYW 100.1 • Victoria: CBUX 89.9 • CBCV 90.5 • CJZN 91.3 • CBU-1 92.1 • CIOC 98.5 • CKKQ 100.3 • CFUV 101.9 • CHTT 103.1 • CHBE 107.3 • Bellingham: KUGS 89.3 • KMWS 90.1 • KSVR 91.7 • KZAZ 91.7 • KISM 92.9 • KMRE 102.3 • KAVZ 102.5 • KWPA 103.1 • KAFE 104.3 • KWPZ 106.5 • Port Angeles/Forks: KVIX 89.3 • KNWP 90.1 • KBDB 103.9 |
