Media in Kingston, Ontario

This is a list of media in Kingston, Ontario.

Radio

In addition to local outlets, radio and television stations from New York state (particularly the Watertown market) are readily available in Kingston. (See also: Radio stations in Watertown) One such station, WLYK in Cape Vincent, New York, promotes itself as a Kingston station — and operates from studios in Kingston under a local management agreement — despite being officially licensed to an American community. The Queen's University campus station, CFRC Radio, is one of the oldest stations in the world, having been founded in 1922.^[1][2] This station served as a commercial outlet until the establishment of CKWS-AM (now CKWS-FM) in 1942. Kingston's two legacy AM frequencies, 960 kHz (CKWS) and 1380 kHz (CKLC) are now dark after both stations moved to the FM band in the late 2000s. ^[3]

Frequency	Call sign	Branding	Format	Owner	Notes
FM 91.9	CKVI-FM	91.9 The Cave	High school radio	Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute	The station is run by students who are part of the Radio Broadcasting county-wide focus program which is open to any Grade 11, 12, and returning 12th year students in the Limestone District School Board.
FM 92.9	CBBK-FM	CBC Music	Adult contemporary, public radio	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	Rebroadcaster of CBL-FM (Toronto)
FM 93.5	CKXC-FM	Country 93.5	Country	Rogers Radio
FM 96.3	CFMK-FM	96.3 Big FM	Classic rock	Corus Entertainment
FM 98.3	CFLY-FM	Fly 98.3	Hot adult contemporary	My Broadcasting Corporation
FM 98.9	CKLC-FM	Kingston's New Country 98.9	Country	My Broadcasting Corporation	(formerly on AM 1380; moved to FM in 2007)
FM 99.5	CJBC-2-FM	Ici Radio-Canada Première	Talk radio, public radio	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	French-language; rebroadcaster of CJBC (Toronto)
FM 100.5	CKJJ-FM-3	UCB Radio	Christian radio	United Christian Broadcasters Canada	Rebroadcaster of CKJJ-FM (Belleville)
FM 101.3	CJAI-FM	Island Radio 101.3 FM	Community Radio	Amherst Island Radio Broadcasting, Inc.	Located in Loyalist,_Ontario, its protected contour extends into Kingston.
FM 101.9	CFRC-FM	CFRC 101.9	Campus radio, community radio	Radio Queen's University	Ownership was transferred from Queen’s University to an independent, not-for-profit[4] body known as Radio Queen’s University to comply with CRTC requirements.[5]
FM 102.7	WLYK-FM	102.7 Wow FM	Classic hits	Border International Broadcasting (1234567 Corporation)	Studio located in Kingston but transmitter located in Cape Vincent, New York
FM 104.3	CKWS-FM	104.3 Fresh Radio	Hot adult contemporary	Corus Entertainment	(formerly on AM 960; moved to FM in 2007)
FM 105.7	CIKR-FM	K-Rock 105.7	Active rock	Rogers Radio
FM 106.3	CIRJ-FM		Local information and updates		Short-range signal information for visitors and residents. Operated by Information Radio.[6] (defunct)
FM 107.5	CBCK-FM	CBC Radio One	Talk radio, public radio	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	Rebroadcaster of CBO-FM (Ottawa)

Defunct radio stations

FM

• 88.1 FM - VF7138 (Kingston)

Television

OTA channel	Virtual channel (PSIP)	Cogeco	Call sign	Network	Notes
2 (VHF)	–	3	CIII-TV-2	Global	Rebroadcaster of CIII-DT (Toronto);1 Transmitted from Bancroft
6 (VHF)	–	6	CJOH-TV-6	CTV	Rebroadcaster of CJOH-DT (Ottawa); Transmitted from Deseronto (analog transmitter shutdown on October 9, 2020 - defunct)
11 (VHF)	11.1	10	CKWS-DT	Global
–	–	13	–	TVCogeco	Community channel for Cogeco subscribers

¹Nearest Global signal to Kingston; much of the city gets only a marginal over-the-air signal from CIII-TV-2.

The incumbent terrestrial cable provider in Kingston is Cogeco.

Defunct Analog TV Stations in Kingston

• CKWS-TV - channel 11
• CBLFT-TV-14 - channel 32
• CICO-TV-38 - channel 38

Print

• The Heritage
• The Kingston Chronicle & Gazette (historic)
• Kingston This Week
• Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada's oldest daily newspaper, founded in 1834
• The Queen's Journal
• Golden Words

Internet

• City of Kingston
• Visit Kingston
• The Kingston Local, became defunct in 2020 along with 10 other online news outlets.^[7]
• Kingstonist^[8]