CIOI-FM

CIOI-FM

Broadcast area	Hamilton, Ontario
Branding	101.5 The Hawk
Slogan	Hamilton's Alternative
Frequency	101.5 MHz (FM)
First air date	1998
Format	campus radio/adult alternative
ERP	240 watts
Callsign meaning	IOI = 101
Owner	Mohawk College Radio Corporation
Website	www.1015thehawk.ca

CIOI-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 101.5 FM in Hamilton, Ontario. The license for this campus radio station is held by the Mohawk College Radio Corporation at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

CIOI-FM was originally launched in 1975 as CHMR, broadcasting on carrier current and cable FM. On June 6, 1997, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the Mohawk College Radio Corporation's application to operate a new campus instructional FM station.^[1] The station launched on FM on March 23, 1998 as C101.5 FM. The station rebranded as INDI 101 in October 2009, corresponding to the huge majority of independent music that the station plays. On January 8, 2014, the station rebranded as "101.5 The Hawk."

The station operates partly within the curriculum of Mohawk College's Music and Communications Media Programs which include radio broadcasting, broadcast journalism, advertising, television and music. Although any student at the college may volunteer to work at the station, priority is generally given to students who are currently studying in the Broadcasting and Journalism courses. Additionally a number of community members volunteer their time by hosting genre-specific radio programs on The Hawk. This combination of student-themed programming coupled with community-based and local-music supported programming allows The Hawk to provide a diversity in broadcasting for the Hamilton Ontario market.

The Hawk studios are currently located in F wing at Mohawk College within the Department of Music and Communications Media.

CIOI-FM's condition of license is to be an alternative to mainstream radio. The station's basic playlist consists of "non-mainstream" music such as local bands and new music, but also has specialty programming. The station vigorously supports the local Hamilton music environment and produces an annual music festival aimed at promoting local Hamilton music exclusively. This project called the C+C Music Festival is co-produced by fellow campus-community radio station CFMU-FM, located on the campus of McMaster University in Hamilton. Programming at The Hawk consists of independent-style music and a mix of cultural and ethnic broadcasts, and a segment of spoken word and educational programming.

References

↑ Decision CRTC 97-254 - New campus instructional FM station, CRTC, June 6, 1997.

External links

Radio stations in Hamilton-Niagara, Ontario

Hamilton	CHAM 820 CHML 900 CKOC 1150 CFMU 93.3 CHKX 94.7 CING 95.3 CIOI 101.5 CKLH 102.9

Niagara Region	CKTB 610 CKYY 89.1 CRNC 90.1 CHQI 90.7 CIXL 91.7 CHTZ 97.7 CFLZ 101.1 CFBU 103.7 CJED 105.1 CHRE 105.7 Defunct: CJRN 710 - CHSC 1220¹

Others	CJXY 107.9 (Burlington) CHTG 92.9 (Caledonia)

HD Digital radio	94.7-1 94.7-2 95.3-1 95.3-2 95.3-3

Internet radio stations	Wave.FM

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