CKOC is an AM radio
station in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada) that has been on the air since 1922.
During the '60s, '70s and early '80s, which was the golden age of Top 40 radio,
they were the station to listen to in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Each year on New Year's Eve, CKOC would begin counting down the top
100 songs of the year about to end. The program would usually run about
ten hours, and finish shortly before midnight. Top news and sports
stories were also recapped and the station would promote the countdown
as the "year in review". The countdown was always repeated New Year's
day. A few days later, a printed list of the year-end top 100 would appear
inside CKOC's All Hit 40 chart which was free at local record and department
stores. Many of these original charts are pictured on this site. In August
1985, CKOC stopped printing the free charts and instead opted to send
each record store a small poster of the week's top hits which were usually pinned or stapled on a wall
near the display of 45 rpm singles. These were not available as giveaways to the public and were usually discarded
weekly so therefore are all but impossible to come by today.
This site exists simply to provide nostalgia and/or chart buffs with
information they may find interesting. In February 1992, CKOC switched
to an all-oldies format and are still currently on the air as Oldies
1150 CKOC.
If you have copies of the CKOC All Hit 40 charts listing the year-end
top 100, or even have handwritten lists of the following, email
me, as I would like to be able to add to and improve this
site.
CKOC Top 100 of 1973
CKOC Top 100 of 1971
CKOC Top 100 of 1967 or any earlier year-end CKOC chart
