CKST 1040 AM is a station that is situated in the area of Vancouver within British Columbia, Canada. It is also known as TSN 1040. The owner is Bell Media. The format is sports talk. Its studios are situated in Downtown Vancouver. The transmitters are situated in Delta.
History of CKST 1040 AM
The station first went on air in January of 1963. It was known as CJJC back then. Its broadcasting frequency was 850 AM with an operating power of 1k watts. The format is used to feature country music. The original owner was City and Country Radio Limited. It was granted a license in 1970 to switch its broadcasting frequency to 800 AM and the operating power to 10k watts. Joe Chesney and Ernie Mykyte bought the station in 1977.
Saskatoon Telecable Limited, Sam Folstad, and L.M.McDonald bought CJJC as well as City and Country Radio in June of 1985.
Its call letters switched to CJUP. Its on-air name became Up Radio, AM 800. During 1988, its call letters changed to CKST. Then, in 1990, it changed its format to modern rock music. Its on-air name became Coast 800. Its owners got permission to buy CIMA, which had been initiated in 1986 by the name CIOF. It changes its frequency to 1040 AM, and its operating power became 50k watts. It came to be known as Coast 1040. Its on-air name was called Q104.
But it was rebranded as CKST later on. Grand Slam Radio Inc. bought the station in 2001. Its format got switched to that of sports. Its on-air name became The Team 1040. During 2004, the station attained the rights to radio broadcasting for BC Lions. Earlier, its broadcaster radio was CKNW. Then, in 2006, it also attained broadcasting rights for Canucks. It was also previously broadcasted by CKNW. CTV Globe Media bought CKST and the other sister stations of it situated in Vancouver.
Programming
Halford & Brough, Donnie & The Moj, Sekeres & Price, Rob Fai Nation Radio, The Sport Market, Sports Saturday, Rink Wide, Vancouver Hockey, Whitecaps FC Soccer Games, BC Lions Football Games, Nothing But Net, Just Here For The Beer Radio, The Sunday Morning Golf Show
Technical Details
The frequency at which this radio operates is 1040 kHz. Its sister stations include CFTF, CFBT FM, CHQM FM, CIVT DT, ETC. It belongs to class B. The power at which it operates is 50k watts. Its repeater station is 103.5 MHz HD 2. The transmitter coordinates of this radio are 49.092431°N 122.932388°W.
Contact Details
Address: 500-969 Robson Street Vancouver, British Columbia
Phone: +1 604 871 9000
Mobile Phone: *8326
Text Message Short code: 104040 **
Email: live@tsn1040.ca
Official Website: iheartradio.ca/tsn/tsn-vancouver-1040
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TSN
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TSN_Sports
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tsn/
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