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CKTB
CKTB is a radio station in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Broadcasting at 610 AM, the station airs a news/talk format. CKTB is housed in the former mansion of William Hamilton Merritt, the main promoter of the first Welland Canal, located on Yates Street in downtown St. Catharines. Its transmitters are located on Grassy Brook Road east of Port Robinson.
CKTB was launched in 1930 by Edward Sandell at 1120 on the AM dial. As with most early AM radio stations (see Canadian allocations changes
, Rob McConnell, and John Michael.
CKTB was the only affiliate in Canada to carry the controversial "The Phil Hendrie Show" until 2006, when Phil Hendrie retired for the first time. CKTB continued to air the best of Phil Hendrie on Saturdays from 6-10p.m. until April 2007. At that point, the show was replaced with other programming (including part of the previous night's Coast to Coast AM broadcast). With Hendrie's return to radio, however, CKTB returned him to the lineup on