CKTB

It is owned by Golden Horseshoe Broadcasting (temporarily under license to Bell Media) and airs a news-talk radio format.

Its studios are on Yates Street in downtown St. Catharines, in the former mansion of William Hamilton Merritt, the main promoter of the first Welland Canal.

[3] It was founded by Edward T. Sandell, originally at 1120 kilocycles, as a phantom station of CKOC in Hamilton.

In October 2007, Astral Media acquired Standard Broadcasting's terrestrial radio and television assets, including CKTB.

[6] CKTB's programming is a mix of locally-produced and nationally syndicated Canadian talk shows.

Syndicated shows from Jerry Agar, Vassy Kapelos and Jim Richards air in middays and evenings.

Past hosts of locally produced programming include Tim Denis, Joe Cahill, Kevin Jack, Stephanie Sabourin, Rob McConnell, Larry Fedoruk, Chris Biggs, John Michael, Shelby Knox and Tom McConnell.

A lack of knowledge of the station, its distance from Buffalo (coupled with its presence on the AM dial), and its primarily Canadian content during the day contribute to this.