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CIOC-FM
CIOC-FM (identified on air as Ocean 98.5), is an FM radio station based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, broadcasting at 98.5 MHz and owned by Rogers Communications. Its format is adult contemporary.
The station placed 4th in the fall 2018 Numeris Diary Survey for Victoria.
History.
CIOC went on the air for the first time in 1955 as CKDA-FM, rebroadcasting the signal of then-AM sister CKDA on 370 watts of power, with both stations owned
the campus. 20 watts with a mast on the roof of the SU building gave good coverage over North Essex. It gave virtual 24-hour output: these acted as a good advert for the student union, and also broadcast the Sabbatical election hustings, encouraging thousands to vote. URE broadcast in FM from 30 Sep-27 Oct 1997 (during which it also maintained a split service daytime 1404AM output, and had separate jingles for 999 kHz AM. Medium Wave was known as the "Gold" service, FM was "hot hits