CKLW

-1932: A group of Windsor businessmen start CBS station CKOK June 1 or 2 on 540

-06 November 1933: CKOK and CJGC London merge as CKLW. The "LW" for London-Windsor. CKOK on 840

-1934: London Free Press (CJGC) pulls out of CKLW partnership. CKLW moves to 1030 September 1

-24 September 1935: CKLW switches from CBS to the Mutual network

-November 1936: When Canadian Broadcasting Corp forms, CKLW is an affiliate, supplemental to Mutual

-29 March 1941: CKLW moved to 800. Owner: Western Ontario Broadcasting Co

-1948: CKLW-FM bows at 93.9 on 250 watts

-1950: CKLW drops affiliation when CBC opens its own station, CBE. In later years, CKLW was a supplementary affiliate

-16 September 1954: Western Ontario Broadcasting starts CBC affiliate CKLW 9 Windsor. Majority owned (33.4%) by RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada Ltd (owned 92% by by RKO Teleradio Pictures).

-1956: RKO Distributing becomes primary owner through Western Ontario Broadcasting Co. Ltd. (33.4% RKO Distributing Corp. of Canada, 32.4% Essex Broadcasters). Essex an American subsidiary owned in direct proportion by all shareholders of the licensee company

-1963: RKO gains 100% of CKLW-AM-FM and TV

-September 1966: CKLW Top 40 as "Boss Radio"

-24 July 1970: because of CRTC foreign ownership rules, Western Ontario Broadcasting Co. Ltd. (100% owned by RKO Distribution Corp. of Canada Ltd., itself 100% owned by RKO General Inc., in turn 100% owned by General Tire & Rubber Co. of Akron, Ohio) forced to sell CKLW AM & FM to Baton Broadcasting (CKLW Radio Broadcasting Ltd.).  CKLW-TV sold to Baton (75%) and the CBC (25%).

-01 September 1975: CBC acquires all of CKLW 9

-1978: CKLW tv 9 becomes all-CBC CBET