CINW

<p>CINW was the final <a href="/facts/Call_sign/k3Y1upDl">call sign</a> used by an English language AM <a href="/facts/Radio_station/FLJVq8Ec">radio station</a> in <a href="/facts/Montreal/uQQaWd1b">Montreal</a>, Canada, which, along with French-language <a href="/facts/Sister_station/qrx6KdLj">sister station</a> <a href="/facts/CINF/5JGyhssC">CINF</a>, ceased operations at 7:00 p.m. ET on January 29, <a href="/facts/2010_in_radio/U5gPuJ5E">2010</a>. Owned and operated by <a href="/facts/Corus_Quebec/cXuTqKoX">Corus Quebec</a>, it broadcast on 940 <a href="/facts/KHz/6Wshj5qm">kHz</a> with a full-time power of 50,000 <a href="/facts/Watt/VK8oqRrm">watts</a> as a <a href="/facts/Clear-channel_stations/DHpMyBSL">clear channel</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes/7Xw18Foy">Class A</a> station, using a slightly <a href="/facts/Directional_antenna/oLesxknQ">directional antenna</a> designed to improve reception in downtown Montreal.
</p><p>Due to its heritage, the station is generally considered to be Canada's first and oldest broadcasting station, as well as one of the first in the world.
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