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VOCM-AM (St. John's,CA)

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VOCM is an AM radio station in St. John's,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada,broadcasting at 590 kHz. Owned by Stingray Group,VOCM first went on the air on October 19,1936. Through the "VOCM/Big Land FM Radio Network" of stations owned by Stingray,VOCM programming is carried throughout the province. VOCM and its sister station VOCM-FM are among the four radio stations in Canada having call signs beginning with the prefix "VO",the ITU prefix issued to the Dominion of Newfoundland before its confederation into Canada in 1949. The other two,VOWR and VOAR-FM,also broadcast in St. John's; all but VOCM-FM predate the confederation. VOCM-FM adopted the callsign in 1982 because of its corporate association with VOCM; all three of the others signed on before 1949,while Newfoundland was still a dominion,and were allowed to keep the VO call signs despite the end of Newfoundland's sovereignty. During the time when the United States had bases in Newfoundland and Labrador,the American Forces Radio and Television Service operated radio station with the VO-call signs including the last - VOUS in Argentia,which closed in the late 1960s. The rest of Canada's radio stations use call signs of CB (for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation),CF,CH,CI,CJ and CK.