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The first commercial radio station of its kind in Canada, playing a blend of classic artists such as Eric Clapton, Van Morrisson and Ray Charles with current heavyweights Jack White and Ben Harper, we are sure to become Ottawa's new best friend!

Information about the radio

CIDG-FM is an FM radio station licensed to Ottawa, Ontario, serving the National Capital Region. CIDG-FM is owned and operated by Torres Media Ottawa, Inc. CIDG's studios are located on Ridgewood Avenue, while its transmitter is located on top of an apartment tower on Montreal Road East in Gloucester.

The station's license was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on August 26, 2008. The station began testing its signal on 101.9 FM on June 1, 2010 and launched the morning of June 7, 2010. The station originally broadcast a blues and blues-rock-oriented format branded as Dawg-FM; on August 26, 2016, after receiving approval to move to 101.7 FM and remove a mandate to broadcast specialty music, the station re-launched with a mainstream rock format.