Montreal's 690 and 940 to power down tonight

[Jim Hall]

If I remember correctly, CINW is the direct descendent of CFCF and XWA, and
was the first commercial station in Canada. Quel dommage!

> Radio-info.com reports that CINF 690 and CINW 940--the latter being
> the first radio station in Canada, I have read--are being
> shut down tonight at 7 pm, as Corus believes they are no longer
> viable. The licenses are being returned to the CRTC
> and I guess reg programming ceased at 10 am, with loops now running
>
> http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2010/29/c5055.html
>
> http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=161569.0
> (has links to recorded loops)