CKNW 980 is a radio station that is broadcasted in New Westminster situated in British Columbia, Canada. The format that is featured is News and Talk shows that are in trend nowadays. It is considered as the second most famous radio station that features talk radio in terms of ranking in the region of Vancouver. An interesting and distinguishing fact about it is that its operating power is unusually high, i.e. 50000 watts. The owner of this radio is Corus Entertainment.
Programming of CKNW 980
BBC Newshour, Adler On-Line, Crime And Punishment, House Calls, Rick’s Picks, Christy Clark The Adventure Show, Show, Roy Green Show, Your Money Your Wealth, Money Talks (DW), The Early Morning News, Driving with Zack Spencer, CKNW Weekend Morning News, Classic Radio, The Bill Good Show, Noon News, CKNW Morning News, CKNW Paid Programing, Encore CKNW, HealthWorks, Get Connected, Home Discovery Show, Sports talk, Sports Talk Weekend, The Best of the Bill Good, The Brad Brooks Show, The Sean Leslie Show, World Today (CKNW). The famous hosts include Charles Adler, Shell Busey, Mike Falcon, Joe Anderson, Mike Mcintyre, Zack Spencer, Bill Good, Eric Chapman, Dan Russell, Ryan J. Hobson, John Saboe, Jenn Pelat, Philip Till, Brad Brooks and Sean Leslie.
History
This station went on air in August 1944. Its operating frequency was 1230 AM at that time. International Broadcasting Company of Bill Rea owned it. It is credit with being the first country music station in its area that used to provide news on an hourly basis from 6.00 AM till midnight. It is also honoured with being the first one in its provincial region that used to provide transmission the whole day since 1947.
In 1949, the radio changed its frequency to 1320 AM and its operating power to 1k watts. Moreover, it again changed its power to 5000 watts in the year 1954. In February of 1956, Bill Rea sold the radio to Frank Griffiths and the Allard family, the reason why it, later on, became Western International Communications. It was during the 90s that the radio switched its format from the mixed one to the entire format of news, talk and sports. During 2000, Corus Entertainment bought CKNW and CFMI.
Technical Details
This radio broadcasts its transmissions at 980 kHz. Its brand name is Global News Radio 980 CKNW, and its slogan is Vancouver’s News or Vancouver’s Talk. It belongs to class A, and its operating power is 50k watts. Its antenna is four-dimensional that is situated in Surrey. The transmitter coordinates are 49.161554°N 122.731892°W.
Contact Details
Address: 700 W Georgia St, Suite 2000, Vancouver, BC V7Y 1K9 Canada
Phone: 604-331-2711
Email: programming@cknw.com
Official Website: https://globalnews.ca/radio/cknw/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cknw980
Twitter: http://twitter.com/CKNW
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cknw980/
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