CIQM-FM
Radio station in London, Ontario
CIQM-FM (97.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station in London, Ontario, Canada, branded as 97.5 Virgin Radio. It is owned by Bell Media and it airs a contemporary hit radio format. The station has several London-based full-time air personalities, while some shows are syndicated from iHeartRadio. The studios and offices are at 1 Communications Road off Highview Avenue West, shared with sister stations CJBX-FM and CFPL-DT.
CIQM-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts. The transmitter is off Byron Baseline Road at Westdel Bourne Road, west of downtown London.
History
CKO-FM-3
The 97.5 FM dial position was first occupied by all-news radio station CKO-FM-3, part of the nationwide CKO radio network. CKO-FM-3 went on the air in November 1977. It was one of six CKO stations that signed on that year, including Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.
However, poor advertising sales doomed the network, and it shut down in 1989. The move took all of the network's radio stations dark, including London.
“CIQM-FM” enters the record as radio station in London, Ontario. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what CIQM-FM, Radio and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5011830. Authority coordinates are 42.956, -81.355. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977 and 1989.
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