Radio / Television News

Bell to shutter London’s CKSL-AM

Too expensive to fix transmitter siteLONDON and GATINEAU – Bell Media will soon shut down London’s CKSL AM, currently operating as comedy station Funny 1410.The company has turned in the station license to the CRTC because of the costs required to bring its decaying transmitter site up to code outweigh any benefits. “A technical review of the transmitter site was recently completed both by Bell Media and contractors, which has resulted in the determination that the AM array poses an unacceptable risk from a health and safety perspective. The five towers are experiencing serious structural degradation and also require repairs...