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{{short description|Traffic information radio station in Montreal}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = CKAC
| logo             = Radio-circulation-730am.png
| logo_upright     = .8
| city             = [[Montreal, Quebec]]
| country          = CA
| frequency        = 730 [[kHz]]
| branding         = Radio Circulation 730
| language         = [[Canadian French|French]]
| format           = [[Travelers' information station|Traffic information]]
| owner            = [[Cogeco]]
| licensee         = 591991 B.C. Ltd.
| sister_stations  = {{hlist|CHMP-FM|[[CKOI-FM]]|[[CFGL-FM]]|[[CKBE-FM]]}}
| airdate          = {{start date and age|1922|9|27|p=y|br=yes}}
| callsign_meaning = Canadien-Kilocycle-Amérique-Canada
| licensing_authority = [[CRTC]]
| class            = A
| power            = 50,000 watts
| coordinates      = {{coord|45.5139|N| 73.9733|W| format=dms |region:CA-QC_type:landmark |display=inline,title}}
| webcast          = {{listenlive|https://www.radiocirculation.net/}}
| website          = {{URL|https://www.radiocirculation.net/}}
}}

'''CKAC''' is a [[Canadian French|French-language]] radio station located in [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada. Owned by [[Cogeco]], the station operates as a commercial [[travelers' information station|traffic information]] service branded as ''Radio Circulation 730''. Its studios are located at [[Place Bonaventure]] in [[Downtown Montreal]], and its transmitter is located in [[Saint-Joseph-du-Lac]].

CKAC was officially launched on October 2, 1922, under the ownership of the local newspaper ''[[La Presse]]'', as the first ever Francophone radio station in North America. CKAC had historically been a dominant station in its early years, with its listenership fuelled by popular programming such as a Sunday church broadcast, news coverage, as well as its broadcast rights to the [[Montreal Expos]] of [[Major League Baseball]]. In 1968, the station and ''La Presse'' was acquired by the [[Power Corporation of Canada]], and CKAC was in turn sold to [[Telemedia]] the following year, becoming the flagship of a provincial network of stations.

By the 1990s, the station had begun to lose its dominance due to competing stations and other factors, resulting in a decision by Telemedia to merge its radio network with competing chain Radiomutuel as Radiomédia, and CKAC becoming a joint venture of the two owners. Radiomutuel's [[CJMS (1280 AM)|CJMS]] was shut down, and much of its programming and personalities were moved to CKAC. In 2001, Radiomutuel's successor, [[Astral Media]], announced its intent to acquire the remainder of the Radiomédia network and CKAC. However, the acquisition was blocked by the Competition Bureau, resulting in the stations instead being sold in 2004, to [[Corus Entertainment]] as part of a larger exchange of assets between the two companies. CKAC became the flagship and provider of talk radio programming to the [[Corus Québec]] network, but its newsroom was later shut down in favor of that of its new sister station [[CINF]] (later [[CHMP-FM]]). In 2007, the station flipped to an [[sports radio]] format.

In 2010, Corus sold all of its Quebec radio stations to [[Cogeco]]. The following September, CKAC dropped its sports format and switched to traffic information programming, broadcasting live traffic reports for the Montreal area throughout the day.