Music format On June 7, 1964, Confederation Broadcasting
signed on CKPM on 1440 AM. CKPM aired a
middle of the road (MOR) format with popular adult music and a heavy local news commitment. In 1970, the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission revoked Confederation's licence, alleging that the company had failed to live up to its financial and management obligations. Confederation appealed to the
Supreme Court of Canada, who ruled in April 1971 that Confederation had not had a fair hearing before the CRTC. In 1972, majority interest in the station was sold to Baton Broadcasting. The station also adopted its current CFGO
call sign that year and moved to a
Top 40 music format to compete with top-rated
CFRA.
Frequency and format changes On November 15, 1984, CFGO Radio Ltd. received approval from the CRTC to change CFGO's frequency to 1200 kHz with power remaining at 50,000
watts day and night. The station moved to AM 1200 on January 5, 1986, improving its signal. It was sold to
Rawlco Communications the following year. Playing
Starship's "
We Built This City" as the inaugural song on the new 1200 AM frequency, Rawlco transitioned the station from Top 40 to
adult contemporary music as "Adult Rock, Go 1200" at the same time as the frequency switch, with local actress
Abby Hagyard (of ''
You Can't Do That on Television'' fame) serving as morning co-host. However, following CFRA's move from contemporary hits to an AC/
oldies mix in August 1986, CFGO switched back to its previous all-hit presentation within a month. On March 8, 1988, Rawlco relaunched the
contemporary hit radio format, with the station downplaying its callsigns in favour of the name
Energy 1200, and the station began broadcasting in
C-QUAM AM stereo. The station changed its call sign to CJBZ and its brand name to
The Buzz in August 1997, with a focus on more
alternative rock and
modern rock.
All-sports format On September 9, 1998, at 7:30 a.m., the station switched to its current all-
sports radio format, using the brand name
OSR1200 - Ottawa Sports Radio. It was acquired the following year by
CHUM Limited, reverting to its CFGO call sign. In 1999, the station adopted the
Team 1200 brand name. On May 7, 2001, the station formed the basis for CHUM's short-lived national sports radio network
The Team, which adopted the Ottawa station's brand identity. The station retained its format and brand when CHUM subsequently folded the network. On June 22, 2007, CFGO along with the other CHUM stations were sold to CTVglobemedia (now known as
Bell Media). On September 30, 2013, CFGO re-branded as
TSN Radio 1200. ==Programming==